英國海灘驚現不明生物遺體 美人魚真的存在嗎?

A man claims to have found a mermaid washed up on a windswept Norfolk beach.

一位男子近日聲稱，自己在諾福克一個海風吹拂的沙灘上，發現了一條被海水沖刷上岸的美人魚。

If it's true, she had deserted warm tropical waters to swim among the oil rigs, fishing trawlers, crude oil tankers, ferries and cruise liners in the chilly North Sea.

如果情況屬實，那麼這條美人魚是放棄了溫暖的熱帶水域，經由石油鑽井平臺、漁船、原油油輪、渡輪和郵輪，游到了冰冷的北海。

Paul Jones posted photographs which he says were taken at Great Yarmouth and which have been shared 15,000 times on the social media website in two days.

這名名叫保羅·瓊斯的男子將照片曬到了網上，他聲稱照片拍攝於大雅茅斯，這些照片兩天內就已經在該社交媒體網站上被分享了15000次。

In his post he wrote “Today at Great Yarmouth we found what looks like a dead Mermaid washed up on the beach.”

在他的帖子中，他寫道：“今天在大雅茅斯，我們發現了被沖刷上海灘、看起來像一條死去的美人魚的生物。”

The gruesome images show the decaying body of a human-like creature with a fish tail lying on the sand.

這些驚悚的圖片顯示，沙灘上躺着一具已經腐爛的生物屍體，它很像人，長着魚尾巴。

The mid section of the body appears to be rotting while the tail and head have stayed relatively intact.

該屍體的中部似乎已經腐爛，而尾部和頭部仍保持相對完整。

Many online posts support his claim that it's a mythical mermaid.

許多網上的帖子支持他的猜測，認爲這是一條神祕的美人魚。

But others say it's a dead seal - the east coast has a large colony of grey seals.

但也有人說這是一隻死去的海豹--東海岸有一大羣灰海豹。

But there may also be a more simple explanation. Mr Jones's Facebook profile shows him to be a keen modeller - particularly of creepy figures. He is a member of the 'Horror and Halloween DIY' Facebook group.

不過也可能有一個更簡單的解釋。瓊斯先生的臉書的個人資料顯示他是一位狂熱的模型師--特別喜歡製作恐怖的模型，同時他還是臉書上一個'親手製作萬聖節驚悚物品'羣體的成員。