Gabon: Libreville mermaid hoax (via St. Petersburg, Florida)

Posted 15 June 2007 16:35 GMT

Countries	Gabon, U.S.A., France
Topics	Arts & Culture, Humor, Photography, Technology
Languages	French

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· Gabón: El engaño de la sirena de Libreville (vía San Petersburgo, Florida)

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Association des gabonais d'Amiens dispels a mermaid hoax [Fr]. Photographs of a mermaid supposedly discovered dead on a beach in Libreville were actually downloaded from an eBay auction for a mermaid sighting in St. Petersburg, Florida. The St. Petersburg photographs sold for US$1500 to a French natural history museum.

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tamar

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# 29 July 2008, 23:16 pm

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Mercedes F

Wow. In today’s world of photoshop and similar devices, you wouldn’t think it would be such an easy sell…

# 14 October 2008, 2:14 am

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