Videos claiming to show a 'real mermaid' have gone viral Various clips claiming to show a "real mermaid" on a beach have gone viral across TikTok and YouTube, causing widespread speculation about how ...

For centuries, sailors of the high seas have reported mermaid sightings, but without scientific proof, these "fishy tales" have all been caulked up to hearsay, folklore and drunken misinterpretation.

In April 2021, a TikTok video that supposedly showed a living mermaid on a rock racked up more than 8 million views: The narrator says: "Look at how fast this mermaid swims back into the water after ...