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The Body Found

Cleaned up this part a bit. It should probably be somewhere other than where it is as well. Kareesmoon (talk) 15:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mockumentary

According to these articles, the documentaries are fake "Paranormal activity" like movies : http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/mermaids_aren_t_real_animal_planet_s_fake_documentaries_misrepresent_ocean.html & http://digitaljournal.com/article/351217

Sightings

The section seems incomplete, especially regarding the alleged sighting by the Japanese soldier. The section just says that he saw a mermaid and that was it, as if it's a cataloged species. There has to have been at some point speculation by marine experts on what he saw that he actually saw. The same goes for the Sri Lankan beach sighting. Spartan198 (talk) 06:45, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

British Isles section sources

The "British Isles" section relies too heavily on Briggs' encyclopedia. Additional sources should be cited for the content here, if supported. —ADavidB 15:47, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation

What's the use of the "explanation" section? It has no references and seems pointless. -LesPaul75 _talk 01:40, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think someone felt a need to discount the reported sightings. I'm in agreement with the lack of a need for such explanation, added "Reported" to the parent heading, and removed the section in question. —ADavidB 03:27, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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