The next Oregon beach town on the list: Bandon. Seagulls on an almost empty beach on a misty summer morning in Bandon, Oregon, on the Oregon Pacific Coast, 2011. (Photo by Buddy Mays/Getty Images).

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A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.

The next Oregon beach town on the list: Bandon. Seagulls on an almost empty beach on a misty summer morning in Bandon, Oregon, on the Oregon Pacific Coast, 2011. (Photo by Buddy Mays/Getty Images).

A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.

A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.

A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.

A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.

A 53-foot sea creature washed up on a beach in Oregon, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 53-foot sea creature washed ashore after it was reported dead off the coast of Oregon.