Dead Mermaid Found After Tsunami
Emailed photos allegedly show the carcass of a dead mermaid washed up on a beach at Chennai, India by the devastating tsunami of December 26, 2004.
Description: Email hoax
Circulating since: Feb. 2005
Status: False
Email example contributed by D. Bridges, Feb. 14, 2005:
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MERMAID FOUND AT MARINA BEACH AFTER TSUNAMI
Below are the pictures of a mermaid found at marina beach (CHENNAI) last Saturday. The body is preserved in the Egmore museum under tight Security. Note: Mermaid is called as KADAL KANNI in Tamil which is an imaginary Creature described in stories, with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish). 
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ANALYSIS: Not true. These snapshots were circulating well before the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, and in fact were previously alleged to have been taken in the Philippines. In any case, mermaids are creatures of myth and legend, not the natural world, and while there does exist an ancient tradition of fabricating bogus "mermaid carcasses" out of fish skins and animal bones for exhibition, there are no documented examples of the real thing.
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