The fish is probably possessed, some say

Jul 15, 2015 13:57 GMT  ·  By

If you think of yourself as a brave, level-headed person who doesn't spook all that easily, then by all means try watching the video below without freaking out be it only for a split second. 

The video was posted on LiveLeak just a few hours back and shows a decapitated, gutless fish moving about while its head stares at the bizarre dancing routine from a nearby sink.

The footage was shared on the video-sharing website by a user who goes by the name of access42, who posted it under the caption “Headless gutted fish still moving.”

Not even the family dog knows what to think

You might not have noticed, what with the decapitated fish pretty much stealing the show, but a woman is also featured in this video. Well, at least her hand is.

The woman is the one holding the fish, trying to immobilize it long enough to cut it. Unfortunately, the headless creature keeps wriggling around as if attempting to escape her.

There are also a man, i.e. the movie director for this kitchen horror starring the dead-but-not-quite fish, and a dog frantically barking in the background, terrified at the entire affair.

“I don't believe this. His muscles are still moving, his muscles still work,” the man says at one point. “Nerves, muscles, everything,” the woman adds.

Possible explanations for the bizarre occurrence

Some of the folks who have watched the video on LiveLeaks are quite convinced that the only possible explanation for the dead fish' macabre dance is that it is possessed.

Another viewer jokingly proposed that the fish has some sort of inbuilt nature-made WiFi and that, because of this, the head lying in the sink can still signal the body and get it to move.

A more sensible explanation comes from one Gol D. Rogers, who thinks the reason the decapitated fish keeps moving when the woman touches it is that nerve endings in its spine are still firing signals.

“The body is controlled by two parts, the brain and the spinal cord. The body can still move around even if the head is severed, because the spinal cord can still send impulse to the body,” Gol D. Rogers explained.