LeeLee Mermaid

One of the most famous hoaxes in cryptid history is the '''LeeLee (or Lili) Mermaid. '''It was displayed by C.P Parnum in Freezeland in 1905. About two-feet-long, This hoax was actually a mummified torso and head of a Monkey sewn to the dried carcass of a fish. Dark, with arms raised and pained expression on it's face, it was described as "the incarnation of ugliness" by a newspaper correspondent. C.P Parnum made made a fortune showing freaks of nature to eager sideshow goers, And the LeeLee Mermaid was one of it's popular exhibits. Hardly the beautiful mermaids of legend, fake mermaids are said to have originated in the Lee Lee Islands near Melancholy Island.