Mermaids: The New — Evidence

: It linked the fictional discovery to the "Bloop," a real underwater sound recorded by the NOAA in 1997, which scientists have since attributed to icequakes, not marine life.

While the storytelling in was convincing enough to break ratings records, the "evidence" it presented was entirely fictional. Mermaids: The New Evidence

: The show heavily relied on the Aquatic Ape Theory , a real but controversial evolutionary hypothesis, to provide a sense of "intellectual possibility" for the existence of mermaids. : It linked the fictional discovery to the

: The story was so effective that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was forced to release an official statement clarifying that no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found . a real but controversial evolutionary hypothesis