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The First Real Mermaid May Have Been Found In California

<div><p>Does this sound like the Little Mermaid to you? </p><p>Police have released a photograph of a half-naked woman they found wandering the streets in Fresno, California at 3am on April 4th. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fresno-police-mermaid-california-woman-joanna-a7669151.html">The woman</a>, who was first spotted by a driver who stopped to see if she was all right, claimed to be a mermaid. </p><p>The man quickly called emergency services and she was taken to a medical center. When questioned, the woman told officers her name was Joanna and that she'd been swimming in a lake nearby. Police also found something creepy and shocking: the woman actually had webbed feet! </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nintchdbpict000314325617.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nintchdbpict000314325617_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nintchdbpict000314325617_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nintchdbpict000314325617_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/nintchdbpict000314325617_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>The Sun</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Needless to say, people were a little freaked out. Although Joanna seemed to be open to questions, she didn't remember anything else about her identity or where she'd come from. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Authorities have issued an appeal to anyone with information about the woman to contact the Fresno police. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/gettyimages-482102284.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/gettyimages-482102284_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/gettyimages-482102284_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Global News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>We want to know what you think. Is this woman delusional, playing a trick, or could she really be a mermaid? </strong></p></div>

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