By Joseph Castro, Live Science Contributor | May 25, 2014 09:08am ET
In 2012, the television channel Animal Planet aired a show claiming to show evidence that mermaids are real.
The program was filmed to appear to be a documentary, complete with interviews with "scientists" (paid actors) and phone-camera footage. With only the show's very brief disclaimer in the end credits noting it was a work of fiction, many viewers thought that proof of mermaids' existence had finally come to light.
A month after the program aired, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
posted a statement on its website denouncing the supposed existence of the half-human, half-fish beings. "No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," the post read.
posted a statement on its website denouncing the supposed existence of the half-human, half-fish beings. "No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," the post read.
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