Mermaids or merpeople are aquatic creatures with the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. They appear in the folklore of many different cultures, including near the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Stories of mermaids date back as far as 2000 BCE, but can go back even further. Stories often feature mermaids as dangerous beings who lure sailors to a watery grave with their hypnotizing voices. They appear in many modern stories and media, including Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Pirates of the Carribean. Mermaid sightings range all over the world, from the coasts of Japan to the coasts of Mexico. Mermaids are one of the most likely cryptids to truly exist because of the utter vastness of the oceans.