Ok, Guys, It's 2006. Can We Get Past The Fairy Tales Now, Please?

Evidently, not if you live in Zimbabwe. Edina Chizema of Zimbabwe has been charged with fraud after conning a local businesswoman out of $30,000 - to hire mermaids to find her stolen car. No, really! Plus, on top of that, some of the money went to buy bull genitals to "help the mermaids find it" and mobile phones "to contact the mermaids."



Some people will believe anything.



Local magistrate Sandra Nhau isn't one of them, however; she thought the story was obviously a load of fish poop.