Anyone remember when animal planet aired that mock documentary

About the history of mermaids and how they were real bug the governments of the world were covering it up. They even had a fake scientist on it. Everyone without an ounce of sense thought it was real and started raving about how mermaids were real. Then when they discovered the obvious fact it was a mockumentary and not real they got pissed at animal planet and the ceo eventually got fired. Then they promised to not do it again but made a sequel to it.

It was an entertaining fake documentary though.

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SinlessOnslaught · M

I think I remember seeing something about mermaids being real once and I just brushed it off. Didn't know there was that much lore behind it.

You're telling me the CEO got fired over it... and then they did it again?

Captainjackass · 31-35, M

@SinlessOnslaught yep. That wasn’t the official reason why he was fired but everyone knows it’s why. It was a ratings hit though and was probably watched more than anything else on their network.

SinlessOnslaught · M

@Captainjackass Wow.

Captainjackass · 31-35, M

@SinlessOnslaught I mean its animal planet, not a lot of exciting stuff happens on there.

SinlessOnslaught · M

@Captainjackass I saw a guy with mosquito appendages on there once

Captainjackass · 31-35, M

@SinlessOnslaught 🤨. They did have an awesome fake documentary years before about the evolution of dragons from the dinosaur age to 500 years ago.