A TikTok video revealed a living mermaid diving off a rock.
In April 2021, a TikTok video that supposedly showed a living mermaid on a rock racked up more than 8 million views: @angelkreme another older mermaid vid #mermaid #marinekingdom #woke #mythical ♬ original sound - kei jean The narrator says: 'Look at how fast this mermaid swims back into the water after she realizes she was being recorded. There's no way a human could swim that fast over a rock.' This is not a genuine video of a mermaid. This footage comes from a spoof documentary called 'Mermaid: The Body Found' that aired on Animal Planet in 2012. With the exception of a brief disclaimer, this piece of speculative fiction played out like a genuine documentary, complete with interviews with scientists (played by actors), footage of various mermaid discoveries (featuring computer-generated images), and reports of a government cover-up (despite there being nothing to cover up). The documentary fooled so many viewers at the time that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a statement clarifying that 'no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.' NOAA writes: Mermaids - those half-human, half-fish sirens of the sea - are legendary sea creatures chronicled in maritime cultures since time immemorial ... But are mermaids real? No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found. Here's a CNN news report about Discovery Channel's fake documentary 'Mermaids: The Body Found' and its sequel 'Mermaids: The Evidence': You can read more about 'Mermaids: The Body Found' here, or check out this article exploring the origins of mermaid folklore here. 
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