Comments on: Mermaids: The Body Found

By: day247

day247 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:18:10 +0000

Dr Paul Robertson’s, former NOAA scientist, website has been seized by the DEPT. OF Homeland Security. GO TO http://www.drpaulrobertson.com. It has an authentic looking seal across.

Deadly sonar technology that has killed many water animals is real. Use Google Patents and you will find a few.

The Discovery Channel’s, The Mermaid: Body Found, fake video footage of the cell phone image of the mermaid by the young boy actors was done to protect the real people’s identity. Of course it was not real.

By: Piltdown

Piltdown — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:54:18 +0000

It was just a fun mockumentary. I am totally not a Government disinfo agent.

By: HulkSmashNow

HulkSmashNow — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:24:48 +0000

Even Snopes.com had to weigh in on this and debunk it. I’m just glad I didn’t waste DVR space for this. What the hell happened to Animal Planet?

By: Nny

Nny — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 06:18:57 +0000

@Mibs

I would agree. But something closer to the SciFi channel than SyFy. That being said, I mean the channel maybe 10 or 20 years ago (my age is showing :-/ ).

This mocku was way too good for SyFy these days, in my opinion.

And Animal Planet is obviously changing their demographic/lowering their standards from years ago as well. In my opinion.

By: DJdip

DJdip — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:39:22 +0000

Mermaids The Body Found documentary is fiction based but they have presented actual theory of evolution. I liked watching it. If any of you guys want to watch I will share the link here.

By: Mibs

Mibs — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:54:45 +0000

Looks like great entertainment better suited for the SyFy Channel

By: BOOTYMONSTER

BOOTYMONSTER — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:38:25 +0000

a great mockumentry ! i thoroughly enjoyed it

it actually had more science fact (blown out of proportion of course) than all the episodes of finding bigfoot that i’ve seen combined too . LMBFAO !!

By: Nny

Nny — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:48:42 +0000

@adrianaitken — jeez, lighten up. Without looking into this ‘webpage scandal’ I’d assume any reasonable person who took the time to /question/ if DHS seized the page, they’d see Discovery stilled owned the DNS records. Perhaps you should contact DHS yourself so they can bring their wrath down on the real website about fictional mermaids. Because that’s totally important.

@ the FAKE, HOAX, and general negative comments…

This special was awesome. I never thought twice about mermaids before, but that special totally got my mind racing with fantasy. It was really good. Yes, it tried to come off as real. It did a decent job of it, I guess, considering how many people needed to chastise it for being fake.

Check out Incident At Loch Ness. The first half of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Verner. The Last Broadcast (Jersey Devil). The Poughkeepsie tapes (if you have the intestinal fortitude). Just about anything directed by Christopher Guest.

What this special did was nothing new. It’s a mockumentary. The exact same vein as found footage movies.

I guess it’s awesome that it did such a good job that skeptics and believers can unite and point their finger and shout ‘Fake!!!’ Well duh. Never supposed to be real. Just supposed to make you /think/.

It was way better than any single episode of Finding Bigfoot, in my opinion.

By: adrianaitken

adrianaitken — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:37:45 +0000

re the website, considering Homeland Security seized it, it’s strange they are allowing Discovery Communications, LLC of Maryland to still own it and control the DNS records.
Oh yes, that means it’s a fake website.
Perhaps someone should tell Homeland Security about the website and see how much trouble Discovery really can get into with libelling a government agency

By: Doomguy

Doomguy — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:18:02 +0000

^meant D’OH!