People Are Convinced Mermaids Are Real After A Mysterious Corpse Washes Up On The Beach

Bobbi-Lee Oates, 34, thought he found a dead body on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, with online commentators comparing it to a mermaid - with experts struggling to narrow it

Shocking mermaid-like remains left locals perplexed (

Image: Credit: Bobbi-Lee Oates/Pen News)

Shocking mermaid-like remains left locals perplexed after washing up on an Australian beach.

Bobbi-Lee Oates thought she had found a corpse - or even a new species - when she spotted the creature at Keppel Sands, Queensland.

She said, "We were driving along the beach looking for a campsite, and we couldn't help but notice how the skull looked like a human.

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"So we immediately stopped being confused as to what it could be, and why does it look like a human skull?"

Photos taken by Bobbi-Lee reveal a long body with her rib cage visible, but no discernible limbs, eyes, or ears.

The 34-year-old estimated he was over six feet long.

She said, "It had a human-shaped skull with an elongated jaw and hair similar to the color of a cow or kangaroo, but with hair missing in many places due to decomposition .

"It was exactly like a mermaid shape, but hairy, because it seemed to have a tail or some limb."

People say the remains look like a mermaid (

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Credit: Bobbi-Lee Oates/Pen News)

She added, "We were shocked because it looked human at first.

"Then we were excited because I thought we had discovered a new miracle species - we were overwhelmed and surprised."

Posting her photos to a Facebook group specializing in marine biology, the Rockhampton local found everyone as perplexed as she was.

“You just caught a mermaid,” one person said. "She's a mermaid," agreed another.

Others were disturbed by the human-like appearance of the remains.

Suggested comment: "Contact a local police officer, that sounds human." "He's a human companion," another person claimed.

Some suggested it was a rotting dugong, but others shut them down. A man...