People try to persuade others that hoaxes are real and among us by relating them to objects or creatures in our world that we know exist. The first strategy they us is to bring up the many different times where others claimed to see the creature. They also attempt to make the hoax sound like a conventional thing, using phrases like “why not”, they try to make it sound so normal to try to make the hoax seem plausible. In Barnum’s promo for the Feejee Mermaid he brings up other animals such as the sea lion, sea horses, and sea dogs; in order to make the point if other sea animals can exist why wouldn’t there be a sea man and sea woman. They also try to find explanations in arguments against its existence, as seen in Barnum’s promo for the Feejee Mermaid he brings up the argument that man hasn’t traveled or seen vast areas of the ocean, and therefore only very few of us were capable of seeing the creature. In order for a hoax to be successful it can’t be too out of this world; if those creating the hoax make it seem too unrealistic almost no one will believe it. However, if it is presented in a way that it can be related to other objects or creatures and in a way that it can be imagined, it will have a higher chance of success.