Mermaid hoax

Mermaid hoax, I was doing some checking on an email I got this week. It was in regards to a so called mermaid that has been supposedly found in various locations from the Philippines to Malaysia to Haiti in 2006. See photo’s below:

If in fact this thing does exist it would be interesting to know where it is currently located.  In my opinion it might be nothing more than an elaborate hoax, well done yes but a hoax none the less. If this thing were real it would have made front page news across the world when it came out in 2006 and scientist’s would have been all over it and my search on Scientific America produced no results though I know the conspiracy theorists will probably claim they have it in hiding much like the Roswell alien bodies.