The U.S. Coast Guard said a tiny house bearing a mermaid mural came loose during a tropical storm in Florida and drifted hundreds of miles into the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard
The Coast Guard sought more information about the unoccupied structure, which had a mural of a mermaid on a sandy beach on an outside wall, and announced Thursday that the mystery has been solved.
Officials said the shed and dock had been located behind the Parrot Key Hotel in Key West, Fla., and was unoccupied when it apparently broke free of its moorings during a tropical storm and drifted away.
