Tombstone, Arizona -
Bird Cage Theater Museum

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Perfectly preserved whoring and party hub of 19th century Tombstone, and home to ghosts and a diminutive Merman.

Address:: Allen Street, Tombstone, AZ
Directions:: I-10 exits 303, 304, or 306, then south on Hwy 80 for 23 miles. One block to the right, on Allen St., at the corner of Sixth St., south side.
Hours:: Daily 8 am - 6 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 520-457-3421

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Perfectly preserved whoring and party hub of 19th century Tombstone, and home to ghosts and a diminutive Merman. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

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Merman

There is a very old stuffed merman in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, AZ. It's a rather grotesque figure and as a child it gave me the creeps. Supposedly it's the mummified body of a monkey sewn onto the tail of a fish. Imagine my surprise to return to one of the haunts of my childhood 15 years later and find the same nasty looking merman, now encased in glass, still in existence. My daughter was rather horrified to find I wasn't making the story up. He used to be in the front lobby of the theater, near the portrait of Fatima, a rather well endowed show girl, but he has since been moved to the rear of the museum where you have to pay to see him. [Tracy Meisenbach, 08/18/2002]

[RA: Part of our "Pals of the Merman" page.]

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February 10, 2012