Putting on an eye-catching tail and pretending to be half human, half fish is not just a thing in Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida. In recent days, two new museums devoted to mermaids opened independently of each other — one on the East Coast, one on the West.
Tom Banse from the Northwest News Network dove into the scene near Aberdeen, Washington.
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