Association des gabonais d'Amiens dispels a mermaid hoax [1] [Fr]. Photographs of a mermaid supposedly discovered dead on a beach in Libreville were actually downloaded from an eBay auction for a mermaid sighting in St. Petersburg, Florida. The St. Petersburg photographs sold for US$1500 to a French natural history museum.
Gabon: Libreville mermaid hoax (via St. Petersburg, Florida)
· Written by Jennifer Brea
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