Police search for ID of woman claiming to be mermaid

FRESNO, Calif. – Police in California are asking for the public’s help in identifying a young woman who calls herself a mermaid.

The woman has webbed feet, according to Fresno police. She is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, between 16 and 30 years old, and weighing 150 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes, and was found wearing a black sports bra.

She was found in the middle of a road at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday.

A police Facebook post provides this account of how she was found: “She was located walking in the middle of the street on Millerton Road/Friant Road about a mile south of Table Mountain near the intersection of Millerton/Brighton Crest across from the Eagle Spring Gulf & Country Club. She answers ‘I don’t know’ to most questions. She has claimed to be a mermaid and (that her name is)Joanna. When located, her hair was wet, she was mostly naked and she said she had been in the water.”

Anyone with information on her identity is asked to call the Fresno Police Department tip hotline at 559-621-2455.
 


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