United Kingdom were baffled to see a creepy figure that looked like a skeleton but with strange fins. It was covered in gold colour and appeared like the remains of a mermaid. Paula Regan was out ...

Photos show what looks like a skeleton and mermaid ... around the creepy hybrid creature that has washed up, with theories including an alien, a ship's figurehead, flotsam, or an art installation.

KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—Researchers using high-tech equipment have reached a conclusion concerning a mysterious and creepy “mermaid mummy” long kept at a temple here: It is mostly fake.