The still images of the "Dead Mermaid Found In River Vladaya, Bulgaria" shown in the above-linked video should be familiar to anyone who has seen the fourth installment of the Pirates of the ...

However, these half-human creatures are not real as “no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,” the post continues. “Mermaids are fictional, of course,” echoes Dr. Compora.

On the Discovery Channel's two-hour special Mermaids: The Body Found, a young man appears to stumble upon a mermaid corpse on the beach. (The documentary-style program premiered in Australia in ...