It was believed that a creature of upper human physique and decrease fish body had circulated the oceans back five,000 B.C. According to some religious myths, these mermaids rose in the depth with the oceans to educate man. A-well known historian and scientists, Pliny the Elder had documented the accounts of those 'real mermaids'. He was rather certain regarding the existence of this creature and named them scaled and rough all more than. Just after that conviction, thousands of fishers and sailors worldwide had reported of seeing the 'real mermaids' swimming close to their ships.

Within this context, Christopher Columbus also described his encounter with a 'mermaid' in 1493 at the ocean of Haiti. He stated that these creatures came out of water slightly and they had been not beautiful as pointed out in fictions. Later, in an antiquated text of history named as Speculum Regale, it was written about 1250 in Norway, the mermaids aren't depicted as quite females but like a semi aquatic creature. In the 13th century, an individual Physiologus in his book of animal study had described about real 'mermaid' consisting of upper lady body and decrease fish physique. Later inside the book of Historia Monstrorum, the author had reported the union of mermaid close to the River Nile.

In 1608, Henry Hudson had explored the existence of mermaid close to the area of Russia. He described a creature searching like man from upper part possessing a speckled and porpoise like a mackerel. as outlined by his view, this creature had white skin, lady breasts and extended hair at back. Not too long ago in 2004, a 'mermaid' corpse was noticed inside the ocean of Chennai immediately after the account of tsunami. However, researcher believes that stories about existence of real mermaid are merely example of misunderstanding. While other believes that mermaid would be the actual creature that lives into depth from the sea and now they have grow to be extinct resulting from the environmental pollution