In a bizarre law-enforcement encounter in November 2025, a 41-year-old Louisiana woman was found swimming nude in her neighbor’s pond — insisting she was “trying to be a mermaid” — before allegedly turning violent and attacking a deputy, authorities said.
The unusual sequence of events in the Linville community of Marion, reported by the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office on Facebook in January 2026, culminated in multiple criminal charges after the suspect later surrendered to deputies.
