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Lewes Merman delights, terrifies generations

Zwaanendael Museum exhibits area’s most famous cryptid

By Brian Gilliland
Posted 10/26/25

Called “FeJee Mermaids” by showman P.T. Barnum, figures like the Lewes Merman were once regarded as indisputable proof of humanoid creatures lurking beneath the waves.

Except they’re not.

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