Monster Week returns to Animal Planet with a follow-up to Mermaids: The Body Found, a fake documentary about a mermaids. Mermaids: The New Evidence is a fake interview with the original whistleblower Dr. Paul Robertson, who claims to work for the very real National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which actively refutes the so-called evidence. Nonetheless, there’s just enough truth to keep conspiracy theorists hooked.
P.T. Barnum famously promoted a hoax mermaid known as the “Fiji Mermaid,” which was actually a monkey torso sewn onto a fish tail. A reported expert displays a flyer for the exhibit of a real mermaid that never took place because the specimen was lost in a real fire in 1865. He did managed to recover photographs of the mermaid that bear an uncanny resemblance to evidence caught on camera, what little there is.
Like any good hoax, the footage that is always obscured in some manner and careful not to linger too long.
One such video is an attempt to collect on a real $1 million reward offered by Mayor Shmuel Sisso of Kiryat Yam in Israel, which is known for mermaid sightings. Despite the monetary incentive the man fumbles with the camera and doesn’t manage to zoom in on the mermaid until it’s swimming away. Needless to say, he didn’t collect the reward money.
Another video, said to be recorded by a remote operated submarine at a Russian oil rig, captures a fish being speared by a mermaid but not the actual mermaid, which seems to dart past the camera faster than the spear.
When we finally get to see a face, it’s in dark footage purportedly captured during a man overboard exercise by UK Coast Guard. “It’s a desire to see something in the footage that’s not there,” wisely advises Kenneth Greenwood, District Officer of HM Coastguard.
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The special concludes with what’s presented as definitive proof: a mermaid hand on the outside of a submarine. The research team says they reported the incident to authorities which they claim is why Greenland recently issued a moratorium on drilling. In fact, the decision was in response to protests by Greenpeace.
The only thing the evidence really proves is that mermaids are a monster hit. The premiere was watched by a record breaking 3.6 million viewers. Sinking the previous record holder, Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real with 2.8 million viewers.
“The phenomenon of MERMAIDS has truly been a watershed – and a watercooler – moment for Animal Planet,” said Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet. “These extraordinary television specials have electrified, challenged & entertained television audiences and online fans alike.”
Animal Planet will re-air the special on Wednesday May 29 at 10PM EST with encores at 1AM and 5AM.
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Could only watch 10 min of the show. So LAME !!
I and many of my dive companions experienced the warnings of Naval sonar testing during a dive trip in Puget Sound Wa, Shelton to be exact in 1994-95. We were told not to dive during certain times. We put our feet over the dock one day wondering why we couldn’t be diving…and found out, all our feet felt like a vibrator/taser hit them! It hurt our feet dangling! Then fish were surfacing & a couple seals found dead… Bleeding thru nostrils, eyes & ears too! I do believe in an underwater humanoid cryptid exists, the locale they searched in WA was just opposite the sound in open ocean. Given the circumstances of protection of this weapon, it kills more whales, dolphins & other marine life than the whaling ships in the Antarctic! Merfolk or not! And if I had been a researcher coming across this situation, I sure as heck would A- be a whistleblower B-go into hiding C- hire an actor so I wouldn’t get hounded by paparazzi every time I went out n about…. I believe the boys video, I believe PT Barnums mermaid poster ….NOT the FiJi mermaid one of his…..I’ve seen whales & sharks with ocean made spears. And to correct whom ever said the spear should be faster than the cryptid…wrong! If you had ever thrown a non propelled “stick” in the water it would be much slower than the tuna, dolphin, shark, barracuda or cryptid behind it!
I agree with you. Many people in Adraga Beach did see 2 tritons often on the sand. I know they exist.
Kenneth greenwood is a made up person. Its an actor. He doesnt exist. Try a
nd find him as a person onn. You wont because the guy u see is an actor.
Not just him. They’re all actors.
i agree greenwood is a fake he even sounds American the whole program feels fake .discovery channel need to sort this fakery out and stop lying to us all.