Oyogist has learned that some Japanese scientists has discovered a mummified “mermaid” said to have lived over thousands of years.
The mermaid According to Sources, could grant immortality to whoever tastes its flesh.
The mysterious creature was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the Japanese island of Shikoku, between 1736 and 1741, and is now kept in a temple in the city of Asakuchi.
Researchers from the Kurashiki University of Science and Arts have now taken the mummy for CT scanning in a bid to unravel its secrets.
Hiroshi Kinoshita of the Okayama Folklore Society, who came up with the project, said the bizarre creature could have religious significance.
Japanese mermaids have a legend of immortality,” he said. “It is said that if you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you will never die.”
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