Mermaids exist in lore, literature and the movies. They also can be real in fertile imagination. When JJ Tayco, 26, visited the seaside town of Tingloy in Maricaban Island, Batangas during her company’s team-building excursion, she sighted a fishtail protruding from the water while riding a motorized banca. A companion who took Tayco’s photo as she posed in front of the banca caught the tail in the background. A second photo shows Tayco in another pose and a head-like image from the water behind her. Tayco was convinced that a mermaid was in the water. She even claimed hearing the creature sing.

Fish stalk. (2022, Maye 12). Daily Tribune, pp. A1, A6.