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Michael stumbled across a recording of mysterious underwater sounds, he launched a scientific investigation to uncover the creature responsible. In search of conclusive proof, he and his research team are called out to an unusual whale stranding in South Africa.

Here they find the part digested remains of an animal none of them can identify. As each of its body parts is autopsied, they provide new pieces of the puzzle. As the picture builds, McCormick is drawn to an astonishing conclusion: this new marine creature is related to humans. Did you know Edit. Trivia All entries contain spoilers. User reviews 48 Review. Top review. Highly Entertaining. As far as mocumentary goes this one is very compelling.

It makes the audience think and ponder the possibility of a mermaid while still maintaining a healthy amount of fiction. Now my father and I would like to know if this video is real. I don't like to say that we are suckers to everything we hear, but I am open to new ideas. Mikkelson quickly debunk the hoax, pointing out that "the program was not fact but rather speculative science fiction, and it included obvious CGI-produced video sequences.

The site also noted a tie-in website, believeinmermaids. Department of Justice and Homeland Security. Others were in on the joke from the start. The program aired in Australia in , and the hoax was thoroughly debunked at the time by columnists there. Brad Newsome of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote at the time , "The version that I saw doesn't even do viewers the courtesy of admitting that it's fake until the credits are about to roll," and dismissed the "aquatic ape" theory, a real hypothesis first proposed in and presented in the show, as "rather fringe.

But it belongs on more tabloid channels that don't have any pretensions of scientific or historical credibility. Did you see the show? Did it seem realistic, or do you know anyone who believed it? Tell us what you think on Facebook.