Or was it South Africa? Some of you may have
already seen the video that first appeared on Tik Tok on April 6, almost two
weeks ago. I never doubted this was a hoax and if you were to ask a scientist
if he thinks this video is proof that mermaids exist he would likely arch an
eyebrow at you and that would be the end of it.
From reporter Dan Evon: “While we have not been able to
determine exactly what this video shows, it does not show a mermaid. In all
likelihood, this video is a digitally altered composite featuring genuine
footage of a dying fish and digitally added images of a child or doll. In fact,
upon close examination of this footage, you can see that the sand loses texture
as the “mermaid’s” arms move across the beach. At one point, the fingers even
disappear, indicating that the “mermaid’s body” was digitally inserted into
this footage:
“As officials in both Kenya and South Africa have disputed
this report, as there are visual signs that this footage has been edited, and
as there have not been any news reports about the absolutely historic and
momentous discovery of a half-man half-fish mermaid species in Africa, we are
rating this footage as “Miscaptioned.”
-Drifter
