Dead MERMAID? Found.....

[Sowelu]

Uh-huh....right:nyah:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&item=300006962914&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Or could it be real????:idea:

[Sage Rainsong]

Looks fake to me.

[Sowelu]

Looks fake to me.

Yep. Me too.:)

[Philosophia]

Wouldn't it stink? eeww..

[Sowelu]

Wouldn't it stink? eeww..

:lol: yeah!!!:yayah:

[Æon Flux]

To me, it doesn't really matter. even if it'd be real we'd be inclined to believe it was fake until we had it proven 100% otherwise... so. Whatever it might be to someone, let it be so. Mermaid or not... I say cool. I'd still LIKE to think mermaids loos somewhat like Ariel from the Disney cartoon. (Though I know that's impossible) But... yeah... *being a drunken idiot* :D

[HetHert]

Someone's a really good artist...:spaceman:

[Arion]

It looks so fake. I hope mermaids are real though.

[WiccanGoddess]

It doesn't look very realistic to me. It looks more like a fanatical mermaid than what one would percieve as true merfolk.

Yes, I believe in merfolk.

[Trithemius]

It looks like a mermaid version of Jar Jar Binks.

Funny enough, I was just browsing another paranormal forum and ran across a link to a site that had a bunch of mermaid fakes, this one included.

[HeavensHope]

Kinda icky looking...there goes my mermaid (well mer-man) fantasy. lol

[Jenne]

Uh-huh....right:nyah:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&item=300006962914&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Or could it be real????:idea:

Good God that thing is FUGLY!

[Arion]

Good God that thing is FUGLY!
my thoughts exactly:lol:

[Sothis*Crowfeather]

pretty fake, cool artwork tho!

[Bryony]

The post office has rules against shipping items that spoil without proper packaging. 8O HOOboy...

[sybba_leigh]

It looks like a mermaid version of Jar Jar Binks.

Funny enough, I was just browsing another paranormal forum and ran across a link to a site that had a bunch of mermaid fakes, this one included.

what forum are you talking about? can i have the link please?

[Young_BRWolf]

I agree my merfolk fantasy just got exploded to bits

[MysticWitch]

someone went happy with a bottle of white glue, some newspaper and paint :lol:

PAPER MACHE

[Silverfire Darkmoon]

....I wonder if mermaids lay eggs, spawn, or give birth to live young?
.....
I wonder how it would be in sushi?

[MoonDragn]

Who was it that said : Theres a sucker born every minute?

[Bluewillow]

P.T. Barnum. And he was right. lol

[MoonDragn]

P.T. Barnum. And he was right. lol

Found it :



The entire quote is "There's a sucker born every minute...and two to take 'em." The source of the quote is most likely famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar" Joe) Bessimer. Barnum's fellow circus owner and arch-rival Adam Forepaugh attributed the quote to Barnum in a newspaper interview in an attempt to discredit him. However, Barnum never denied making the quote. It is said that he thanked Forepaugh for the free publicity he had given him.

[misty]

I agree with Jenne...that thing is fugly. But it's pretty cool...someone went to a lot of trouble to create it.

[Bluewillow]

Found it :

Crap! lol Well, you learn something new every minute. Thanks for the info! :hahugh: :lol:

[Trithemius]

what forum are you talking about? can i have the link please?

Unexplained Mysteries.com (http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/)

[Evendusk]

Yeah, it looks like someone got creative with a lot of latex and a fake skeleton.

[Magus]

Uh-huh....right:nyah:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&item=300006962914&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Or could it be real????:idea:

Is not real. Did you notice something odd?. there are no flys or birds eating the carcass.

[Astara Seague]

Someone's a really good artist...:spaceman:
thats what I was thinking it must have taken alot of time and work!
it might be fun just to have, somewhere.. like on display..

[mystic_zoe]

it looks so creepy!! its probably fake.

[Shanti]

Did anyone notice the outrageous price some one paid?

[Silverfire Darkmoon]

Man, if I owned a gimmicky seafood resturaunt....

[Meadhbh]

Its a fake. If the thing had been real something would have started eating it by the time it had been on shore that long.

[jaded_love]

Thats a bunch of BS... it looks like a leftover prop from Aliens or something. Ahhh, the joys of E-bay where you can even go so far as to sell your liver or kidney hahaha :lol:

[angle kitsune]

I think I saw that thing in a movie a long time agow....very fake looking and they dident even add the touch of bugs or birds..

[Djiril]

People have been making fake mermaids for hundreds of years and selling them to whoever will buy. There was an article about it in Renaissance magazine a while back. A famous example was passed down in a certain family for years unltil it was proven to be the top halp of a monkey attached to the back half of a giant salmon.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mermaid_philippines4.htm

[adrianne]

I wonder how it would be in sushi?

Mermaid sushi would be the best.

[RainInanna]

What the heck would someone want to do with such a hideous smelly thing?

[Arion]

It looks like a mermaid version of Jar Jar Binks.
YES!!

[Sothis*Crowfeather]

People have been making fake mermaids for hundreds of years and selling them to whoever will buy. There was an article about it in Renaissance magazine a while back. A famous example was passed down in a certain family for years unltil it was proven to be the top halp of a monkey attached to the back half of a giant salmon.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mermaid_philippines4.htm
eww....these pepoles ideas of mermaid are just scary!

[Young_BRWolf]

Who was it that said : Theres a sucker born every minute?

i don't know but there was two born into mine.

[Agaliha]

Did anyone notice the outrageous price some one paid?

Uh, yeah. About $1,750!
The first bid was $2.00. Heh.

I think it's all a hoax. It's a good piece of work...or art...or whatever it is.

Someone mentioned no birds or bugs on it-- totally. I've been on beaches, anything dead/dying/decaying-- things are all over it. And it smells.
Plus it wouldn't look that well perserved if it was from a wet enviroment, it'd have to be in a desert to look the way it did.
Total fake. Looks like some well made prop for a movie or something.


This person just sells weird things--
RARE Chinese Water Deer Skull or VAMPIRE DEER (http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Chinese-Water-Deer-Skull-or-VAMPIRE-DEER_W0QQitemZ300014268449QQihZ020QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gif $400.00 :wtf:

[Anubis]

The guy is a taxidermist.. look at some of his old auctions.. he also buys things like baboon skulls to use in his creations.
These things are actually pretty easy to make. manipulate the flesh, add skulls or other bones (either resin or real) and don't use stitches to close the seams.. use superglue or something similar.. then dry them.. the skin will shrink to fit around the bones or padding/forms... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1468&item=300005222465
This one even states: "Her skin and fin are authentic once living fish flesh."

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1468&item=300001031820

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1468&item=9525998618

[Starry Night]

That is soo not real.

[HetHert]

Its a fake by an artist as reported here...
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/album-735

[RunningRiot]

lol Fake or real, or not, I still think they're very cool creations. I'd like to have one as a novelty, but not pay such butt-high prices xD

[Djiril]

Here is his web site:
http://www.thefeejeemermaid.com/

[amunakht]

If it was real the person should of gave it to scientists. It would be a find of the century!

[Duwayitheru]

Wow. That thing is going to give me nightmares. _inabox_

[Agaliha]

Wow. That thing is going to give me nightmares. _inabox_

:lol:

[HorseCrow]

:lol: That looks totally fake, no way i believe that is anywhere near real. Looks like Jaja Binks!

[_Banbha_]

Hmmm.... That is one great sales pitch for a mediocre piece of Arts and crafts work. :hahugh:

[enchancea]

Looks fake but it still looks awesome. Though it would scare me to have that hanging around in my house.

[xstarE_nitex]

Hmmm.... That is one great sales pitch for a mediocre piece of Arts and crafts work. :hahugh:
lol... agreed :)

[bbnflpn]

i agree that it is fake, it would be cool if it were real though. even if it ment that merfolk looked like that.

as for the end bid, i dont htink its really that much for something of that quality of workmanship, and size.

did you see the auction tht was posted in just silly, about a "stich" doll from lelo and stich, that was supposidly haunted. that auction got up to like $11,100
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=118720&highlight=haunted+doll
link to the thread

http://www.tongs.org.uk/wiki.pl?HauntedStitchDoll
link to the site. the auction is long over by now but they have posted the sellers and bidders comments for us all to see.

i tried to find an outcome from the buyer, to see if it really was haunted or not but i couldnt find anything. i would have loved to know what happend after.

however it was an entertaining read thats for sure. the page side scrolls, you can copy paste it in a word doc for easier reading.

[stella01904]

I think mermaids are real, but they are ethereal. You won't find a dead one lying around. That thing is plastic, look at the face.

[Suzette]

DEAD MERMAID?

:eek:

[MockingbirdOxygen]

I wish I hadn't missed out on this one! It links to a couple things for me... :spaceman:



Wouldn't it stink? eeww..:fishsmack :lol:

[Tanya]

wouldn't it be blown up or bloated like a pig? Wouldn't there be discoloration and evidence of fishies nibbling at it??? Missing scales? signs of impact with what ever killed it? nothing dead looks that good...believe me, as an animal rescuer and rehabilitator....most living animals I deal with look more banged up than this 'dead 'think...

i think i can smell the foam rubber from here.

[ViolinGoddess]

Looks fake to me!

Violin Goddess

[The High Queen of Faerie]

lol I love how it still has eyes

[Druchii]

I thought I had remembered this guy making dragons at one point, and I checked his site, and saw the black chinese dragon he had made. Not my bag, but cool for what it is. I would be more impressed if he made these creations sans animal parts.

[Sea-Witch]

It's a fake.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/mermaid.asp

[bbnflpn]

lol i looked at his ebay history (since it didnt have anything current listed to sell)

all the buyers gave him green ratings, and ALL of the sea creatures are listed as found on a beach in florida, and one item (i guess he had 2 of them) was sold 2 times, with the same pics.

you would think that this guy would change his story, although some of the comments were nice work, ect

[stella01904]

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=seamystery&iid=300024388043&ssPageName=VIP:feedback:2:us
Those are mostly sellers - it looks like his good feedback is for paying other sellers on time.

[bbnflpn]

you can narrow the search to people who bought from him only. thats what i looked at, then i looked at the stuff he bought (some stuff was interesting including a human skull) i was looking to see if he bought any of those items from someone else and sold them for a higher price.

[Djiril]

ALL of the sea creatures are listed as found on a beach in florida

That must be some beach! :lol:

[Aidron]

If it is real, why would it be on ebay? You could make a fortune selling a real specimen to a museum or a university.

[bbnflpn]

of corse, but that would be way to easy

sell to the pubic cause they can easily be dooped.

he said that they wouldnt take it for some reason, of corse that is true cause its a fake lol.

*edit

i think that ebay has become the new side show attraction

[Élistariel]

lol I love how it still has eyes

You took the words right out of my mouth. I also love how it has no veins.

Heeeere we go, now here's a mermaid: :tongueout

[Doctor Jeep]

Pretty fishy, if you ask me.

[Ben Gruagach]

Here's an interesting article with more photos (http://www.thefeejeemermaid.com/index.htm) talking about the guy who made those "mermaids."

(Sorry -- I didn't see that Djiril had posted that link earlier in the thread.)

[DoktorSick]

It looks cool ,most likely is fake but that would look cool as hell to have hanging from a wall in the living room.

[innocent]

Mesa Jar Jar Binx. Misa lives in the ocean.... mesa fake mermaid.

[Faust]

Reverse mermaids WOOT

[sincerebliss]

Definitely fake. Take a look at his other items...
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZseamystery

[Whitewolf]

That photo is now stuck in my head. I will now be having nightmares from that thing. That thing is so ugly.

[bbnflpn]

i looked at his other items when this thread first came up, yah i found it funny that he was at the time selling a few of the exact same items with the same story, and all of the sea animals were said to be found in almost exactly the same way as the mermaid word for word. i had a good giggle