![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/people-are-convinced-mermaid-are-real-after-mystery-corpse-washed-up-on-beach/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_PAY-PNMERMAIDBOD03.jpg&description=Bobbi-Lee Oates, 34, thought she'd found a dead body on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, with online commenters comparing it to a mermaid - with experts struggling to narrow it down Shocking mermaid-like remains have left locals stumped after washing up on an Aussie beach. Bobbi-Lee Oates thought she might have found a dead body - or even a new species - when she spotted the creature in Keppel Sands, Queensland. She said: "We were driving along the beach looking for a campsite, and we couldn't help but notice how much the skull looked to be in the shape of a human's. "So we instantly stopped from the confusion as to what the hell could this be, and why does this look like a human skull?" Photos taken by Bobbi-Lee reveal a long body with its ribcage showing, but no discernible limbs, eyes, or ears. The 34-year-old estimated it was over six feet long. She said: "It had a human-shaped skull with an elongated jawline, and hair similar to the colour 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 limb of some sort." She added: "We were shocked because it looked human to start with. "Then we were excited because I thought we had discovered a miracle new species - we were overwhelmed and surprised." Posting her photos on a Facebook group specialising in marine biology, the Rockhampton local found everybody just as bemused as she was. "You just caught a mermaid," said one person. "That's a mermaid," another agreed. Others were disturbed by just how human the remains looked. One comment suggested: "Contact local police man, that looks human." "That's human mate," another person affirmed. Some suggested that it was a decomposing dugong, but then others shut them down. One man replied: "That is not a dugong. That is a one-legged kangaroo carcass." A UK-based expert examined the photos, and was able to narrow it down to a group of mammals that includes wha){kind=link}
Bobbi-Lee Oates, 34, thought she’d found a dead body on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, with online commenters comparing it to a mermaid – with experts struggling to narrow it down
Shocking mermaid-like remains have left locals stumped after washing up on an Aussie beach.
Bobbi-Lee Oates thought she might have found a dead body – or even a new species – when she spotted the creature in Keppel Sands, Queensland.
She said: “We were driving along the beach looking for a campsite, and we couldn’t help but notice how much the skull looked to be in the shape of a human’s.
“So we instantly stopped from the confusion as to what the hell could this be, and why does this look like a human skull?”