A “magical, slightly creepy creature” will make its way to Kentucky from Springfield to find out what it actually is. The Clark County Historical Society will transport its “Fiji Mermaid” artifact to ...

One of nature’s most enduring mysteries, the “Fiji mermaid,” has baffled and disgusted those who’ve encountered it for over a century Now, scientists may be close to solving some of its greatest ...

Northern Kentucky University students and faculty worked to “solve a mystery more than a century old” to figure out what the Clark County Historical Society’s “Fiji Mermaid” artifact is made of. More ...

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (WKRC) - Friday the 13th turned into "Freaky Friday" for a group of students at Northern Kentucky University, as they analyzed the remains of a mysterious creature. It's known as ...

11:12, Tue, Oct 24, 2023 Updated: 12:12, Tue, Oct 24, 2023 A bizarre "mermaid mummy" hoax is being scanned by scientists who want to determine from what real creatures it was “Frankensteined” together ...

Last summer while exploring museums in London, I encountered three different notorious fakes on display. Grotesquely combining a half-fish, half-mammal body, these Fiji mermaids crept among the ...

A group of students from Northern Kentucky University are using cutting-edge technology to unlock the secrets of the Fiji Mermaid, a peculiar creature from the late 19th century. The remains of the ...

THE mystery of a bizarre mummified creature that seems to be half-monkey, half-fish mermaid may now have been solved – with some surprising results. The mummy was found off the coast of Japan by an ...

The mummy was brought back from Japan by an American sailor and donated to the Clark County Historical Society in Springfield, Ohio, in 1906. With a grimacing face, strange teeth, oversized claws, ...