The NOAA is no stranger to paranormal phenomena, but unlike many government agencies they have no problems addressing it and mermaids are no exception. On their website they have added a page about mermaid folklore to go along with their information pages regarding the Bermuda Triangle and Atlantis. They also included a statement that “No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.”
This controversy came about after the showing of Animal Planet’s Mermaids:The Body Found documentary style show. The format of the show seemed realistic enough for many viewers to cause some confusion and require a little clarification from Discovery News:
"Though the filmmakers acknowledged that the film is science fiction, for many people it was indeed 'wildly convincing.' The show was an 'X-Files' type fanciful mix of state-of-the-art computer animation, historical fact, conspiracy theory and real and faked footage sprinkled with enough bits of scientific speculation and real science to make it seem plausible."
[via news.discovery.com]
Now if we could just get the US forest service to say bigfoot does not exist.
ReplyDeleteOK. Bigfoot does not exist...
DeleteJust kidding!
- Smokey The Bear
typical government denial...
ReplyDeleteFair enough I will cross them off my cryptid list......oh wait, they do not seem to be on there afterall, phew.
ReplyDeletehttp://believeinmermaids.com/
DeleteWhy has this been seized by Homeland Security?
I never cease to be amazed at how unbelievably dumb people are. The fact that a federal agency had to release a statement to this effect? What's next, "The American Dental Association has confirmed today that the Tooth Fairy does NOT exist"? Oy.
ReplyDeleteDon't say that about the tooth fairy!!!
DeleteEaster Bunny
I call a ho ho hoax! Everybody knows the "Easter Bunny" doesn't exist.
Delete- Santa
Sally here: Mermaids are NOT part of the DNA study, but I can't talk about it.
ReplyDeletefuckk, i was hoping the DNA study would prove a whole bunch of these monsters to be real.
Deletemermaids suck
ReplyDeleteYou wish.
DeleteDon't let them get under your gills bro! He probably has a small fin! Me, I'm sitting here in my salt water jacuzzi with a couple of fine mermaid #$%@ laughing at all the haters!
Delete- Flipper
OOOhh, I loved your show!
DeleteNOOOOOOOOOO! Ever since burnt bigfoot turned out to be false mermaids were all I had left :(
ReplyDeletehttp://believeinmermaids.com/
ReplyDeleteWhy has this been seized by Homeland Security?
Mermaids ARE REAL and this is how they are made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0yMcJDwIw
ReplyDeleteLike the Texans hat Tzieth.Went to school with Gary Kubiak at St.Pius X High in Houston.Also at Texas A&M.
DeleteWOW you are good lol You knew this was a Texans hat just by the bottom of the bulls mouth :)
DeleteI live in Washington now, so I don't get to see many Texans games. But at least we do get Cowboys games up here for some strange reason lol
Tzieth - pretty lame...Here is a real mermaid in situ:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0adFYuNuns
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