Mermaid Footage (Probably REAL?)

Fake mermaids were often created to lure tourists?

Experts think fake creatures like the Okayama mermaid were created by local people to sell to curious Western tourists.

A similar hoax called the Feejee Mermaid was sold to Dutch travelers in Japan in the 1810s and later resold to English merchants. The Feejee mermaid was eventually shipped to America where it became part of the famous collection of P.T. Barnum.

The Feejee mermaid was a three-foot-long (91 cm) mermaid believed to have been made from two different animals: an orangutan and the tail of a salmon.

The priests at the temple in Okayama Prefecture hope that the study will add to the mummified mermaid’s legacy and help it live on through future folklore.

“I hope the research project can leave scientific records for future generations,” concluded Kuida.

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