It is my belief that mermaids do not exist. So there.

Same with ghosts.

What a shocker.now I may be kin to water monkeys turn fish.So now let me get this Man came from apes that turned into water ape mermaids .wtf is next

I believe there are "mermaids." I dont believe in the whole evolution thing. I think our government needs to be honest with us and they only allowed us to see what they wanted us to see on that episode. I believe the government payed BP oil Company off and made it look like an accident and there's also something in Louisiana that they are hiding. The government has too much power when they were supposed to be representatives to THE PEOPLE. So why is it that we know so little about the truth or is it that we know the truth and have been told its just fables and myth-ology

sorry I seriously couldn't read through all your blah blah I kinda drifted off. so why would the Navy be using sonar weapons without considering marine life? well there's always those idiots like you that they can appologize to, oops didn't meen to do that.

do you do any research or do you just make your dumb comments? also, it says speak out on mermaids, not MY comment on speaking out. do you actually have one on your own or do you have to use mine for your momentum?

Actually I do. I'm a sonar technician 2nd class in the United States Navy. There is no such thing. That show was false. NOAA came out and said there was no proof of it. Do your research. Try google, dont just watch a SciFi show, and think youre an expert on the matter. But keep up what you are doing, it seems to be working wonders.

oh, ofcourse ;) thats why you have so much conflict. well, please stop what you are doing its causing alot more problems than my "silly" opinion. I dont have to do any research or watch a fun sci-fi show, I just know what I know. I'm just relieved other people have shared what they know. I cant agree with what you guys are doing, my heart is bigger than the next big weapon to murder people and animals. But hey, that seems to be working wonders for you.

Ha. You are a fucking idiot. There is no such thing. Its like the tooth fairy. Stop being stupid. The show was false it even said on there. If you don't believeme, just Google it. Stop being stupid.

There is no such weapon its fake like the little guns on star trek

For real Daniel. This chick is stupid! Sounds like she's off the meds. Believing in mermaids. LOL.

I feel that the show was about 15% truth, I believe that something might have been found that is a new species but find it kinda hard to believe that it was advanced enough to use tools like spears. The sea holds more mysteries than we could ever imagine, and we may not ever know even a fraction of them.

Oh and lady, I did Google it. He is right.

Couldn't the spears have been faked too?

wow you have some major anger issues, is that why you joined? so you can kill things, you know in psychology they say people who torture animals have unstable minds and theres know telling what they are capable of... like murdering innocent people. so anyway psycho killer, history has more proof that they do/have existed than you do saying they don't. our government is becoming more and more corrupt and it is not the same government that this country was built on. I was at Myrtle Beach, was around 11 yrs old and started to drown... something -not human- saved me. I dont remember much anymore other than a strange light, a calm feeling and a presence of something there. I hate a liar so no we dont teach santa, toothfairy's, easter bunnies and etc.. I teach my children the possibility that things like "mermaids" could have existed. I'm not going to address your weapon comment and thats a comment that you shouldn't have made.

hey Roger lol lol, your stupid. hmm I geuss you missed the abc report.. women have tested higher than man on their IQ. Oh you must be one of those men who dont think women should have opinions, if they do it must meen because they are off their meds. see how simple it is to discredit an embasol.

Have fun with your cats lady

What they say in the documentary is these creatures are human-like, not humans with fins, big difference. Monkeys and apes are human-like also. From a scientist stand point and seeing many odd things created in the lab with genetic engineering and stem cell research it's possible a creature like this exists but still it's not human.This was very possibly all created by the government to take attention away from what was really going on!

For the last time its a fake documentary! Google NOAA. Those people on that SciFi movie were actors. I hope you people didn't believe the Blair Witch Project was real.

I saw the documentary and this does seem like something our government would do. I believe them. I really do hope no one else believes in these sea humans, so they can leave in peace.

A science fiction program on Animal Planet titled "Mermaids: The body found" got people so confused that some thought mermaids may actually have existed after all. The government issued a statement to clear up the misunderstanding but MarketWatch's Jon Friedman says that wasn't necessary.Have a look. http://liveoncampus.com/wire/show/3390258

Thanks to shows like this . how will we ever know what is real or not . No one wants to be real any more. what are we saying to our young ones.

By doing what that channel did by not making it clear what they where doing true or not I will never watch it. again.

At this point it dose not matter if it is true or not.discovery did a lot of harm. to ones that are trying to get the turth out.

Okay, this show is similar to all of those other shows on Discovery, or Science Channel, or History, or whatever that posit scenarios. It is up to the individual to make up their minds whether or not they believe the scenario could be real or not. So what if there are not mermaids, you can say the same for aliens, ghosts and cryptozoological creatures of any type. But do not ridicule other people for what they choose to believe or not believe. So what if someone wants to believe if mermaids are real. Let them state their opinion. If they want to believe there is some grand conspiracy involving the US government, you are not going to change their mind. These posts are for opinions, so let others have their opinion to share.

I'm saying they need to be more straight forward about what they put on the program. if I have a story to tell .I want people to know if it is true or not. and be very clear

I saw one in the Dominican rep

FYI; Google "dolphins helping people to fish", that part is true; google the Egyptian cave drawings, that part is true, haven't googled the parts about finding spears etc. Now I like to watch Ancient Aliens on the History Channel, the UFO stuff, the Big Foot stuff, blah, blah blah. Read the books of Charles Fort and your mind is opened forever, but, I think Discovery screwed this up by not making clear that it was a speculative type show. The underlying theme was the "man is evil, destroys others, heavy handed government" nonsense IMHO that took away from the basic premises of "could apes have adapted to the water and over millions of years produced an unknown species of merpeople". That is an interesting idea, again, IMHO.

Regardless of your beliefs, there's a gorgeous 2009 film called Ondine by Neil Jordan staring Colin Farrell about a possible mermaid that I highly recommend.

This link has a review and the trailer.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/movies/04ondine.html

I sure hope folks posting here know that the "documentary" was intended as fiction and are just having fun with the idea. I really, really hope.

Thank you Sean

Daniel: have you heard of bestowing bay wreaths on war heroes? also used for protection. In legend it was the nymph Daphne that was turned into a Bay tree by the Gods after she had asked for help to escape from Appolo. Knowing this is legend, why would Nicolas Culpeper make the comment in 1652 "... neither witch nor devil, thunder nor lightning will hurt a man where a bay tree is." How can you acknowledge the results/evidence or history of something but still claim it to be outlandish? instead of coming up with something logical to prove me otherwise, you respond with violence or stupidity. You can't force someone to believe in what you believe in (hence religious wars). To the people who don't believe in "mer-people"... we aren't trying to save you or anything we are sharing our opinions with each other, not a bunch of idiotic critics!

Laurus: Dr Seuss wrote about a cat in a hat. My niece has never read the book. Yet, I caught her putting a hat on her cat. Your thoughts?

I'm not forcing my beliefs, what proof do you have that the navy has such weapon. What proof do you have that the government paid BP to blow up a oil rig?

no proof on the BP thing just a theory. from visiting and friends, we find it strange the events that are going on in New Orleans and also find it weird that BP isn't completely out of business after what happened. As far as the weapons, come on now we weren't born yesturday. Is it really that far fetched to believe there's weapons that can blow us off the planet. DR. Seuss seriously? I'm finding it hard to believe your occupation claims. Your niece was replicating what she had seen and learned correct? good for her, she has allready made more progress than uncle Daniel :)

I think ya'll won't agree to disagree. People have different opinions and ya'lls isn't the same. Just go your separate ways and leave it at that. How about that for cat in the hat. =)

Seriously? A multi billion dollar oil company isn't out of business? Imagine that.

Okay. My name is Jacey and I think that they are possibly real. I am doing lots of research to if it real. I am making YouTube videos about me explaining my research. I keep a journal on creatures that may or may not be real. I am doing this one. This is my most complicated on yet. There is no evidence saying that they are real, or not real. All there is sightings and information. No hard core pictures. Do not be to quick to ever judge. They might be real.
If you want to see my videos it is Ononeawesomeday
No spaces and type it in exactly like that.

your right Nicole. thankyou.

Anytime. My husband does believe in them and I believe in bigfoot. Also the tooth fairy Daniel was real and so wasn't Santa maybe your the one who didn't do your research. Also to roger if she doesn't have cats she can spend time with mine. Mine just had babies. ( Lol lol I guess we are both stupid ) ( Believing in mermaids Lol ) really how old are you. I think you need to go back to your parents house and learn some manners. Plus you should already know this but Women are right all the time. =)

Laura that "light that was calming" that saved you was GOD. Open the Bible and read it. Jesus is the light and the way and sweetie, Mermaids are not real but GOD saved you. Because if mermaids were real I'm sure one would have saved you from drowning in their water. Just saying. And unlike a lot of folks on this thread I won't go back and forth with you. Why? Because arguing won't change anyone's view. Truth doesn't need assistance and it will come to light sooner than we all know. Look around. Watch the news, the weather, the conflict and even the fact that people are actually debating if Mermaids are real smh! Jesus come soon!

Shannon, I believe in God and that Jesus is the way, the bible, and angels protecting us.. which it also says there's special angels for children. definately looking at that from a christian point of view, ofcourse God saved me. I, however, don't find it impossible to believe that there's so much that we have yet to discover in Gods great big ocean. Or we have but are too closed minded to believe in such "childish" things. also, I am so terribly allergic to cats so I would be the worst kitten sitter :) yes, women are always right and its a shame men still think they can forse women to be wrong by cussing at them. My husband watched it also and he doesn't know what to believe, I think he's relating it to The Little Mermaid but also trying to look at the open-minded point of view also. I do understand, when I was little I told my teacher to stop lying to me about those dinosaurs ;) .. since I was raised in a very religous home I had always thought Adam and Eve were created first. I believe a cyclops head was also found but was said to be a wooly mammoth head idk, anyway alot of things are strange but possible especially when you have ancient hieroglyphics in different parts of the world.

I would be inclined to think the show was a pilot to test the overall gullability of the general public. It would seem the test results are surprisingly skewed as compared to similar testing of decades past.
Duck!!! There went a flying saucer.............

Wow! Discovery's web site http://www.believeinmermaids.com has been blocked by the feds..... weird

Let's calm down and think about things for a moment. They created the whole documentary from a couple items.
The kids video may be real...may be fake.
The Navy used a sonar weapon so powerfull that it kills marine life......why?
The navy was seen collecting something on the beach...but did not touch the whales.

The mermaid story is a distraction. Just like aliens / area 51 is a distraction for the advanced weapon systems they are testing.

Many people think that the USA are performing advanced genetic engineering. It's public knowledge that they have a GM salmon. The millitary is usually 20 years more advanced than what is known publicly. Three years ago they found the Montauk monster close to Plum Island NY. Who knows what they are tring to combine.

Instead of using dolphins for helping out the Navy.......maybe thy needed something smarter and having greater dexterity. Having a man's mental capacity... Having hands to do precise work....Swims and breaths as a fish....hmmmm. sounds like a great weapon system.

Now suppose that the Navy did have such creatures developed for them. They created an entire team of them..(A GMO seal team so to speak)...That developed its own communication skills.

Problems develop as the new beings no longer obey their Navy masters....and began to flee. The Navy had to hunt them down before the public found out about them. Loud sonar would drive the beasts..and when close enough to the shore, hit them with the weapon to kill them. A navy team would collect the remains from the shore.

Sorry...mythical mermaids not real. Genetically Modified Organisms are.

Discovery Channel needs to stick with science. Leave the science fiction to the SyFy Channel, or whatever channel runs "Finding Bigfoot." These mermaids didn't look anything like Patrick Duffy, TV's "Man from Atlantis." Now that was real.

I don't know if they exist or not, but the fact the snopes.com and the show both said it was fiction doesn't prove anything. If it is a government coverup, what do you think they would say?

I found the show to be very compelling, enough that I ended up here. I don't normally leave comments and a good reason why is because of what I read in some of the previous ones here.
It disgusts me how some people have to treat others and just for stating their beliefs. They have to put us down or make someone feel bad just because they don't agree, WELL, maybe that's what they say, truth is they probably don't have enough confidence about themselves to just leave a normal comment.
That being said, I hope the story is true, kudos to them! If there are mermaids are in existence they would have to be pretty smart to have survived this long without being found because as sure as they are they will be hunted down and dove into to see what makes them tick just like any other creature that's different from us in this world. I mean really look how critical we are of one another from one end of the states to another and from one end of the world to another, they wouldn't have a chance. Oh and the sound of the supposed weapon priming up, did anyone notice it sounds eerily like the strange sounds many say they have heard coming from out of, nowhere, the sky, the earth. Just weird...

They are or were real.We too came from the sea.

I cant believe they put this show on the discovery channel.I was seriously interested in the mermaid show until they put that bogus fabricated video at the end of the program.why would they do that? I've lost all respect for the discovery channels credibility.If I want sci-fi I will go to the sci-fi channel. I'm disgusted, disappointed,and pissed off.who ever let that go on the air in its entirety should be fired

Wow, these comments are great, I am a questioning individual and many of you have strong arguments. I think it is human nature to be arrogant, which is why we are not ones to readily accept something other than what we were taught. However, the bible is not proven, nor does anyone have scientific proof or a photo of god. That is called blind faith, I don't know factually if god exists but, I choose to believe. I also chose to believe that perhaps myths come from some sort of truth. I don't know of anyone who parted a sea, nor saw a mermaid, but i'm open to believing.

Is god on here, if not every one who has a problem beleaveing mermaids exist needs to get a grip, do you really believe what you see on earth is really all there is, lol you must be from another planet there's more then what you think you no.discovery channal are showing sience reports then thats for you to learn not critisize.

Great fun good entertainment , I can't believe people are actually debating if the documentary is real.

Meen. Mermads. Kill animals

The documentary was sci-fi based on scientific theories. Discovery Channel aired one about DRAGONS, years ago. Very entertaining sci-fi, too. Do you remember? Now, remember those old guys who made those big drawings on corn fields and had a lot of fun after the rumors of spaceships landing spread out? People may believe whatever crazy staff they hear, as long it is reasonable and convincing: ghosts, whitchs, ufo's, big foot, you name it. It's a personal choice and having access to info and science doesn't make us more rational than we were centuries ago. This case would render a great research on mass action in Sociology.

I've just seen this show for the first time and have also read through these comments. I reserve judgement on whether I think mer-people are real or not because I did see some very interesting ancient drawings in the show. It's well documented in history that sailors across the world the world saw similar things to each other and the Bloop noise (you can hear it properly through Google) very interesting indeed. However, the ridiculous footage of the two boys screamed fake and totally discredited the whole show. It seemed way too desperate. The CGI stuff was again desperate. The believeinmermaids website looks like it was set up to appear like it was blocked by the powers that be. Seriously, would you advertise you were blocking it if you were the government? Nope.

Interesting ! Whats more intriguing is that its a gov navy boy who poo poos it and then throws another smoke grenade to belittle it and lead u into being and idiot if u think its plausible !!!!! The navy had sea-lab before they went to the moon and apparently ended the programme supposedly as they put the money into nasa for the race to the moon ! Years later we found out that they'd kept it going on the side on a smaller less public scale ! Also the scotts have the legend of the kelpie !!! Ive spoken with peeps who believe it !! If in doubt dont reason it out !!!! Assumption pro or con is being an idiot either way ! If theres smoke there's fire!

Sorry the navy considers marine life ! Ure on crack what like detonating atomic weapons in atolls and getting dolphins to plant mines ! U anti lot r patronising people if u dont like it y u hear with ure belittling negitivity at people ???? To weird ! I wonder if ure all navy ?? How closed and gullible do u believe peeps r u retarded scarred little sheeple ? Step outside there conditioning and read between all the lines! Ule find its quite enlightening

Sorry the navy considers marine life ! Ure on crack what like detonating atomic weapons in atolls and getting dolphins to plant mines ! U anti lot r patronising people if u dont like it y u hear with ure belittling negitivity at people ???? To weird ! I wonder if ure all navy ?? How closed and gullible do u believe peeps r u retarded scarred little sheeple ? Step outside there conditioning and read and between all the lines! Ule find its quite enlightening