Mermaids: The Body Found
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[edit] Public notice
In the documentary, a message is shown that says it is speculative fiction. Still, it was so convincing that people ultimately ignored this.
[edit] NOAA
NOAA debunked this show as being false and distorting scientific evidence to support a theory.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
[edit] Sequel
Currently, they made a second part in this series titled, Mermaids: The New Evidence.
[edit] Not the first time
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that a documentary caused this much confusion. Animal Planet made the pseudo-science series, Lost Tapes, which covers everything from ghosts to bigfoot.[7]
The Fox Network film, Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) caused many to believe that the alien body found at Roswell was real,[8] although the story had been doing the rounds for many years before that.
[edit] External links
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/mermaids.asp
- ↑ http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mermaids.html
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/2012/07/07/156416968/noaa-just-to-be-clear-mermaids-do-not-exist
- ↑ http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/262368/58/Animal-Planet-show-Mermaids-The-Body-Found-prompts-NOAA-to-issue-statement-saying-mermaids-do-not-exist
- ↑ http://lite987.com/noaa-responds-to-mermaid-body-found-says-mermaids-and-mermen-are-not-real/
- ↑ http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/327909
- ↑ http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163521/