Mermaids: The Body Found

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Mermaids: The Body Found, is a docufiction created by the educational TV channel Animal Planet. It convinced many people that mermaids are real and that organizations, such as the NOAA, were covering up the evidence. It is based on the Aquatic ape theory.

[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

  1. http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/mermaids.asp
  2. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mermaids.html
  3. http://www.npr.org/2012/07/07/156416968/noaa-just-to-be-clear-mermaids-do-not-exist
  4. 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
  5. http://lite987.com/noaa-responds-to-mermaid-body-found-says-mermaids-and-mermen-are-not-real/
  6. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/327909
  7. http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes
  8. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163521/
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