The United States government has felt the need to assure its citizens that there are, in fact, no mermaids. In an official post, government reps stated “No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.”
“Mermaids — those half-human, half-fish sirens of the sea — are legendary sea creatures,” continues the online statement from the National Ocean Service (NOS).
So why exactly did the U.S. government – who you’d think has bigger fish to fry (excuse the bad pun) – feel the need to clarify that Ariel isn’t coming to a beach near you? Apparently the agency, charged with responding to natural hazards, received letters inquiring about the existence of the sea maidens after the Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet network broadcast Mermaids: The Body Found in May.
The show “paints a wildly convincing picture of the existence of mermaids, what they may look like, and why they’ve stayed hidden… until now,” reads a Discovery Channel press release.
Think they’ll issue a response to the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens next?
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