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[S]ome people claim they have seen dead or living mermaids in places like Scotland, Malaysia and British Columbia. Two recent Canadian reports took place in the Strait of Georgia. [14] [15]
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In 2005, photographs of phony mermaids circulated widely on the Internet. The manufactured mermaids supposedly washed up on a beach in India in the wake of the devastating tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004.
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According to legend, mermaids were so sexy that they could force a man to sail his boat into rocks, and stab himself in the face with his own leg bone. They have a hypnotic voice, like that of Whitney Houston, and this can cause distraction and irritation from a distance of 30 miles.
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Given the appeal of mermaids, many "entrepreneurs" took the opportunity to turn the myth into "reality". Alleged mermaids - living or otherwise - were frequently to be found in travelling circuses or other shows.
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