A giant squid was captured for real this time. Although a story about a giant squid washing up on a California shore last week was a hoax, fisherman in Japan have found an actual giant squid.

Fisherman off of Sadogashima Island in Japan made a rare catch of a giant squid on Wednesday. The fisherman reeled the 12-foot squid into a net. The 330 pound creature died during the ordeal. Catching a squid is very rare. A video shows the fisherman pulling the squid into the boat and then it being measured by scientists, GrindTV reports.

Giant squid are rare creatures that tend to occupy the bottom of the ocean at great depths in the dark, so they are hard to come by. They are believed to be the basis for many sea monster myths and have often been featured as scary beasts that attack people in books and films. Giant squids can grow to about 40 feet and can weigh as much as a ton.

Japanese fisherman Shigenori Goto caught the creature. He told the Japan Times that it was found in the net when they were trying to capture buri yellowtail at a depth of 310 feet. Although the creature died, it will be studied by the Fisheries Ocean Research Institute in Niigata Prefecture.

Last week, a report was going around claiming that a massive 160-foot squid was found on a beach in Southern California. The report by the Lightly Braised Turnip, with a photo included, claimed that  the squid was likely a result of radiation being leaked into the Pacific ocean following the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima.

The article turned out to be a satire over radiation in the oceans. The photo in the article was photoshopped and the author quoted experts who don't exist. The photo was actually the photo of a much smaller squid that was found in Spain in October 2013.

The first time a giant squid was recorded live was in 2006 when Japanese scientists used a baited hook to pull up a 24-foot squid. A giant squid was filmed in its habitat for the first time in 2012.