No evidence of mermaids, says US government

[Zabaniyah]

There is no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency has said.

The National Ocean Service made the unusual declaration in response to public inquiries following a TV show on the mythical creatures.

It is thought some viewers may have mistaken the programme for a documentary.

"No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," the service wrote in an online post.

The National Ocean Service posted an article last week on its educational website, Ocean Facts.

Images and tales of mermaids - half-human, half-fish - appear in mythology and art from across the world and through history, from Homer's Odyssey to the oral lore of the Australian aboriginals, the service wrote.

The article was written from publicly available sources because "we don't have a mermaid science programme", National Ocean Service spokeswoman Carol Kavanagh told the BBC.

She said that at least two people had written to the agency asking about the creatures.

The inquiries followed May's broadcast of Mermaids: The Body Found, on the Discovery Channel's Animal Planet network.

The programme was a work of fiction but its wink-and-nod format apparently led some viewers to believe it was a science education show, the Discovery Channel has acknowledged.

BBC News - No evidence of mermaids, says US government

Jeez....it was UFOs before and now mermaids?

Lakh lanat on all those trolls.

 

[W.11]

what about unicorns?

 

[KRAIT]

what about unicorns?

You surely are enjoying lifting up of your ban. I might get may be soon....mermaids...why not indian mythlogical creatures.

 

[Zabaniyah]

I believe dragons exist. But this certain troll supapowa is hiding them!

Lakh lanat on them

 

[Esc8781]

What about the flying spaghetti monster!

 

[KRAIT]

I believe dragons exist. But this certain troll supapowa is hiding them!

Lakh lanat on them

Dude we read your signature....but you found gem of an article.

 

[Asskicker]

Now what is next...Yeti....?

 

[Imran Khan]

USA is liar i seen them in Pirates of the Caribbean

 

[Fazlu]

The fact they bothered to deny the claim outright without provocation indicates something else

Maybe our in house alien ambassador isro2222 can explain the exact scenario.

 

[truthseer]

The fact they bothered to deny the claim outright without provocation indicates something else

Maybe our in house alien ambassador isro2222 can explain the exact scenario.

Don't you know that mermaids are greys?

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Don't you know that mermaids are greys?

I thought they were Reptilians...isro2222 can explain better.

 

[Donatello]

No evidence of mermaids..................You don't say!

 

[gambit]

USA is liar i seen them in Pirates of the Caribbean

Great documentaries by independent investigators. The US government is hiding something.

 

[Doctor09]

so mermaids and ISI are same things
no evidence

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Great documentaries by independent investigators. The US government is hiding something.

Does anyone have a link of these documentaries?