Mermaid corpses were found to be frequently washed up on shore with their bodies covered all over in scales. He also comments that the Governor of Gaul even wrote a letter to Emperor Augustus to inform him about these mythical creatures.
The famous explorer, Columbus, was said to have spotted three mermaids or sirens off the coast of Hispaniola in 1493. He had said that unlike folklore these creatures weren’t beautiful due to some masculine features on their faces.
The local villagers in Kai Islands of Indonesia had a creature that they were familiar with. They called it the orang ikan, translated as man fish. During World War II in 1943, the Japanese soldiers stationed there learned that this was no myth.
In 1967, a ferry with tourists was astonished to spot a blonde mermaid on a beach. The people who saw this marine creature said that she seemed to be eating a raw salmon fish while enjoying the waves splashing upon her.
A boat of ten people claimed to see the same mermaid sighting. A diver managed to take a photo of the mermaid swimming past, experts claim it’s real.
In 2009, some onlookers said that there was a creature that resembled a young girl who would often be found on the beach doing tricks in the water. They kept seeing her for several days. It took a while for the news to spread and reach the general public and get the government involved.
The dam was blocked with divers to fix it. All that dive to the blockage claim to see a mermaid and refuse to dive back.