‘Mostly naked’ woman found walking along road with wet hair claims to be a mermaid

A ‘mostly naked’ woman found walking along a road in California told officers her name was Joanna – and she was a mermaid.

Officers from the Fresno Police Department noted that she had wet hair – and two webbed toes.

She told police that she had been in the water – but responded to most questions with, ‘I don’t know.’

Police took her to a station, where she was fingerprinted, but there was no match on the database, according to CBS Sacramento.

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Police posted an image of ‘Joanna’ on Facebook with a request, ‘Help us identify this woman.’

One local Facebook user said that the woman had previously been seen in a local Starbucks.

The user said, ‘She is a nice, quiet, polite girl that comes to Starbucks every once in awhile. I’ve forwarded transaction info from the last time we saw her to FPD.’

Anyone with information can contact Fresno police on 00 1 (559) 621-2455.