Mermaid Shifting

Hoaxes

In the middle of the 17th century, created a (called Tradescant's Ark) in which he displayed, among other things, a "mermaid's hand". In the 19th century, displayed a hoax called the in his museum. Others have perpetrated similar hoaxes, which are usually fabrications or parts of deceased creatures, usually monkeys and fish, stitched together for the appearance of a grotesque mermaid. In the wake of the , pictures of Fiji "mermaids" circulated on the Internet as supposed examples of items that had washed up amid the devastation, though they were no more real than Barnum's exhibit.

Fiji Mermaid- This artefact in P.T. Barnum's museum was advertised as a gorgeous topless siren, but was actually the mummified corpse of an ape sewn to a fish.

'Mermaids- the New Evidence' By Animal Planet- A record number of viewers tuned in to watch Animal Planet's "documentary" on mermaids, but now audiences who believed that the humanoids actually exist are disappointed after the show turned out to be a hoax.

The fake documentary, "Mermaids: The New Evidence," drew in 3.6 million viewers, many of whom believed hook, line, and sinker that the facts presented were true. But Charlie Foley, the "Mermaids" creator, writer, executive producer and senior vice president of development for Animal Planet, spilled the truth earlier this week. 

Many people create fake mermaid skeletons or video people swimming with a silicone mermaid tail.

Hoax Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXYotwsbU4