Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mummified "mermaid" was caught in a fishing net in the 1700s and kept as a sacred object in Japan. Researchers discovered the ...

The head and torso of the mummy, which likely belonged to a small monkey. A centuries-old mummified "mermaid" that scientists recently revealed to be a gruesome doll of animal parts is even weirder ...

The mummified "mermaid," worshipped for the last 40 years, was found to have been a man-made creation from the late 1800s. A creature resembling a mummified mermaid, which has been worshipped by ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The true origins of a strange, creepy "mummified mermaid" have finally ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A team of Japanese scientists is examining a bizarre "mermaid" mummy ...

The baby-sized hoax sports a fish-like lower half and a humanoid upper body with thin arms, shark-like teeth set in a grimacing face, and hair on its head and brow. Now held in the Enjuin temple in ...

In 1846, a Japanese policeman drew a legendary mermaid with scales like a coat of mail and flowing hair that ran all the way down to three mer-fins. He’d come across the creature while investigating a ...

After eluding scientists for almost 300 years, the mystery of Japan’s mummified “mermaid” was solved — and it turns out it’s man-made. Researchers concluded that the creature, worshiped by locals and ...