Mermaid eating is the latest viral sensation taking over TikTok, and it’s both wild and hilarious. ... It was run by a man named Captain Burgess, and they were allegedly hunting mermaids.

Origins of the mermaid-eating dinner party theory On March 4, 2025, user @jlee2.07 posted a video telling a long story about a down-on-his-luck man named Landon who got a job on a fishing boat.