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| Tango01 | 23 Mar 2024 5:12 p.m. PST |
…‘Fiji Mermaid' Found In Japan More Than 100 Years Ago
"In 1906, a Navy sailor named L.C. Bishop returned home to Ohio from Japan with a curious souvenir: the remains of what appeared to be a tiny, clawed, grimacing "mermaid." Now, researchers at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) are examining the object to see if they can decipher its origins.
"As something that's been a part of our collection for so long — 117 years — I know that I'm personally excited to have some answers," Natalie Fritz, an archivist for the Clark County Historical Society at the Heritage Center where the mermaid was originally donated, told the Springfield News-Sun…"
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| JMcCarroll | 24 Mar 2024 5:52 a.m. PST |
Even in 1906 they had fakes! |
| Tango01 | 24 Mar 2024 3:43 p.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 24 Mar 2024 4:46 p.m. PST |
That's like Piltdown Man-era, isn't it? So yeah, fakes have been around. |
 Wolfshanza | 24 Mar 2024 10:23 p.m. PST |
Saw something like that hanging in a Seattle shop decades ago :o LOL ! |
| Tango01 | 25 Mar 2024 3:49 p.m. PST |
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