15 Mermaid Sightings You Won't Believe Are Real

The world is full of stories of mythical creatures and imaginary beasts, and while some may be too far-fetched to

believe

, others are spoken of too often to be ignored. Mermaids are one of the most popular mythical creatures in the world. These creatures are

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d to inhabit our oceans and seas and there have been numerous

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and evidence to support their existence in today's video join us as we explore 15 times in

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life. Real life

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s have been seen in

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life. New Zealand Mermaids in the waters around New Zealand are known for their exotic aquatic creatures.

They are only found in those places, but it seems those waters could also be home to

mermaid

s. In 2014, New Zealand was swept up in a mermaid frenzy when a team of fishermen claimed to have discovered what was described as the remains of a mermaid on On a South Island beach fishermen initially thought they had found the body of a murdered victim, but upon closer inspection it was revealed that the skeleton of the corpse was not completely human, the upper part of the body appeared to have human features while the lower part of the body turned out to be an elongated part of some kind of aquatic creature.

Viral images of this aquatic creature soon became rampant in New Zealand and many people wanted to see for themselves the mermaid that was found on the South Island as local authorities were unable to identify it. They sent the remains of the creature to the University of Auckland for a more thorough autopsy and gave a more direct answer. It looks like mermaids can now be added to the unique variety of aquatic wildlife found in New Zealand. Columbus and the mermaids of the Caribbean Christopher Columbus. one of the greatest explorers of ancient times, credited with introducing Europeans to the New World or modern America, known for ships that sailed to the most remote parts of the world.

Christopher Columbus saw many things on his voyages, one of which was what he thought were mermaids, according to his records. On January 9, 1493, on his way to Río del Oro, Columbus and his crew encountered what they described like mermaids swimming alongside their ships. There was not just one, but three of these mythical creatures and, according to Columbus's account, they looked nothing like the Legend had it that according to Columbus these mermaids were not as beautiful as had been described in the Legends, but they had the part lower body of a fish on the upper body of a human.

These mermaids had many facial features and dark skin. Columbus's story about the mermaids. he reaffirmed the belief that they existed, as he was a trusted member of society and only discovered the new world war in America six months after this encounter with the sea creatures. The mermaids in Guang Zimbabwe. Mermaids have been part of Zimbabwean folklore for centuries and to many outsiders, that is. They were all just stories, but the stories of mermaids in Zimbabwe soon became reality when a mermaid attacked divers working at a reservoir in February 2012, a group of local divers were contacted to inspect the status of the planned reservoir at Guacway.

Zimbabwe, but while underwater they reported having a terrifying encounter with a mermaid, all the men immediately stopped working and refused to go back down for fear of the mermaid. The situation was so serious that the country's Minister of Water Resources had Having to intervene believing that the local workers were simply being Overtaken by their beliefs, myths and legends, a new team was flown into the country to continue the work. These teams were all made up of white men who, according to the minister, had no reason to fear an imaginary mermaid, but something unexpected also happened. The team also reported being harassed by what they could only describe as a terrifying siren.

The entire team left the site and refused to return, stating that they had never seen anything like it and would not return to the site for all the money in the world. The mermaid known as Mamba muntu among the locals became a popular source of fear even for boat owners and fishermen as they all feared the visit of the mysterious mermaid who was not happy that her house was being tempered with the icon orange. Indonesian island mermaids are also common. in Japanese folklore, but it seemed that a real-life mermaid was seen during World War II back in 1943, several Japanese soldiers reported seeing several mermaids on the coasts of key islands in Indonesia.

The soldiers' accounts reported that the mermaids swam along the shallow ends of the water and one even rested on the beach. One of the mermaids was described as being 150 centimeters tall having a pale human face, pink skin and human limbs but apparently it had spikes on its head and had a carp mouth these mermaids were not as pretty as modern folklore describes them, they are called orang icon in Indonesian myths, which originally translates as fishing people, one soldier in particular, the Sergeant Taro Ariba, supposedly heard the news that a dead mermaid had washed ashore and after seeing it with his own two eyes confirmed that the mermaids were real.

Returning to Japan after the war, Hori Bob urged scientists to travel to Indonesia to study mermaids, but no one believed him and no such research was ever carried out. In the last 50 years there have been several

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. of Oregon icon in the area, with fishermen and boat owners reporting encountering mermaids on rare occasions in Israel, while reports of mermaids have been quite scarce and few actual images or video evidence of these rare creatures have yet been rarer, but there have been few video accounts of these elusive creatures, one of which was taken in Israel. Residents of the area allege that there is a siren that comes out at dusk to enjoy the evening glow.

There has been not one but several accounts from different people who encountered each other. the mermaid who seems not to be scared by the humans looking at her one of the first people to encounter this mermaid was Cohen and a group of his friends according to his interview with Israel's national news, the local young man said he was with friends when Suddenly we saw a woman lying on the sand in a strange way. At first I thought she was just another swimmer, but when we got closer, she jumped into the water and disappeared. We were all in shock because we saw that she had a tail.

A residence was able to catch a glimpse of the mermaid in his phone for just a few seconds before the creature appeared to jump back into the water, as can be seen in the clip, the creature appears to have the lower body of a fish but has two arms with which it glides. The Rocks back to the ocean sightings have been so frequent that the local government has offered a million dollar reward for anyone who captures this supposed mermaid alive until now no one has been able to see the mermaid since then let alone try catch her Cape Great Britain Canada Canada is also home to one of the spookiest places for mermaid sightings.

The first was cited in 1886 by zoologist Dr. Carl Shaker, who reported seeing a mermaid on the coastal island of Cape Brooklyn in Nova Scotia, Canada. The original story. was given by a group of fishermen who had an unexpected encounter with a mermaid while fishing in the open sea. One of the fishermen, Mr. Bagnall, along with a group of other fishermen observed something floating on the surface of the water just a few meters from their boat. The men suspected that the body was the corpse of someone who had unfortunately drowned at sea and as they approached in hopes of recovering it so they could identify it, all the men were shocked when it suddenly turned around and looked at them before disappearing.

In the water, according to the men, the creature resurfaced again and this time approached them after which it disappeared for the last time completely. A description of the creature says that it had the face, head, shoulders and arms of a human, but the lower limbs were those of a human. a fish, the men stated that the back of the creature's head had long, dark hair that resembled that of a horse and that it had extremely long fingers. They also added that the creature's face looked very similar to that of a woman, although it was undoubtedly a mermaid.

This was the first sighting of a mermaid on the Breton island and since then there has been evidence from Crabs claiming that mermaid sightings were produced in the region. Mermaid South Africa For many people mermaids may be nothing more than myths and fairy tales, but for the people of Serbreak and South Africa mermaids have been part of their culture for generations the mermaids of the region are known as kaiman in recent sightings of non-believers who question their skepticism about the existence of these creatures the tales of the man have been passed down from generation to generation and a group of locals supposedly first spotted the group of men relaxing near the riverside camp around 11:30 p. m.

On one fateful night, one of the men named Daniel Gubito allegedly heard some noise that sounded like someone was knocking. on a wall suspecting it could be the thieves' cabin he went to investigate and discovered that the sound was coming from a low water bridge on the river bank. Upon reaching the bridge he supposedly saw a figure that must have been a white woman with long black hair wallowing in the water suspecting that the woman was human and might be drowning, he ran towards the water to help but stopped short after noticing a strange red glow in his eyes, scared to death by what he was seeing, he called other men to help him.

He and Daniel stated that the creature was hypnotic and its glowing red eyes seemed to attract him to the water. One of the other men also saw the creature before it disappeared back into the water and, according to him, saw what was definitely a female figure swimming on one side of the bridge and then underwater before it appeared again on the other. side of the bridge. All of the men reported hearing the strangest sound that sounded like a woman screaming. Another woman who was also among the group. corroborated hearing the strange screams saying that it sounded so sad that his heart could not bear it all the men agreed that the creature was probably the legendary kaiman the dangerous mermaid creature that their parents and grandparents had warned them about Daniel Caputo reveals that even at that point point he never believed kaiman existed and only thought they were wives tales told to scare children to keep them home at night this was not the first to counter what was common in that region, others corroborated that the creature was half fish and half-human that lives deep in river pools and sightings also indicated that the creature was white in color and had an obscenely silvery white glow that reflected in the moonlight.

Locals believed that the kaiman is responsible for several drownings and disappearances near the river. Locals believe that it attracts people with its screams, hypnotizes them with its eyes, and then drags them into the depths of the river. Hawaii Hawaii is famous for its beautiful islands, sandy beaches, tropical forests and beautiful volcanoes, while that is a common attraction for many tourists. Local residents know that there have been reports of something else that is common on most of the islands around Hawaii over the past half century. We have seen several mermaid sightings off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Most of these sightings came from a single source and were never really taken seriously until a dive boat captain finally captured footage of one of these half-woman, half-fish creatures. Jeff Lecker, a 43-year-old dive master, had been swimming in the waters around Hawaii for more than 20 years, but even he was surprised when he photographed a creature. Known as the Point Mermaid Queen, the encounter occurred on April 12, 1998 when he and six other divers were exploring coral reefs about 20 minutes off the coast of Hawaii's sunny Kona Island. According to her, the group was heading to a meeting point when the school of dolphins began to follow them playing in their path, suddenly one of the men saw something swimming next to the dolphins that clearly looked very different, the men could not believe What they saw was that less than 10 feet from the group there was a naked woman with long, loose hair. hair and a very beautiful face, the men reported that there was no way the woman could be human since she swam at the same pace as dolphins, which is practically impossible for any human, no matter how good a swimmer they were, but then The woman jumped to the surface revealing that the entire lower half of her body was covered in scales and tapered at the edge with a huge fish tail.

The 10 men confirmed seeing the strange creature as it jumped out of the water and then retreated in a fraction of a second. Liker was able to take a photo of the mermaidas he swam up, but couldn't take any more as he quickly disappeared into the depths of the ocean. The image has been analyzed by three different accredited photography laboratories, all of which affirmed that the images were real. and had not been edited in any way The Mermaid of British Columbia Canada has had its fair share of mermaid sightings and sometime in 1967 British Columbia became the central center for mermaid sightings.

Mermaids are generally found in the open ocean, but this particular mermaid was found resting on a beach along the coast of the island of Maine in British Columbia, Canada. In 1967, a ferry carrying tourists spotted what appeared to be a blonde woman sitting on a beach. The woman seemed to be topless with long blonde hair, but what was even more strange was that instead of legs she had a long porpoise tail, what was even more strange is that this mermaid seemed to be eating a raw salmon in the beach and didn't seem fazed by the ferry full of people looking at her.

A mermaid was seen again the following week resting on the exact same beach, but this time she rushed back into the water after noticing that a fairy full of folk stories about the mermaid of the main island became so rampant that the locals started to look for clues about the mermaid's whereabouts. They became so rampant that the island's newspaper published a 25,000 reward for any video or photograph. Mermaid Evidence Many believe the mermaid sighting was a hoax, but that was only intended to entertain tourists in the ferry, but even when the supposed actor refused to come forward to claim the reward money, it began to seem entirely possible that she was actually a real mermaid.

Mermaid life Blackbeard's log book from the 18th century The account of an ordinary fisherman may not seem credible since he does not have much reputation, but what about the firsthand account of one of the most notorious captains in the history of the pirates, the famous pirate Captain Blackbeard? Known for his antics in the 18th century, but it seems he even had a first-hand account with mermaids written in his logbook. Blackbeard noted some areas of the sea that he avoided at all costs, as he reported seeing mermaids. It was even noted that Blackbeard instructed his crew and made several voyages to avoid these chartered waters, as he called them.

The delighted Blackbeard reported that mermaids were famous for making hypnotic sounds that would confuse the men on any ship that dropped them off. mercy of these creatures, since he could not fight them at sea, he resorted to completely avoiding the regions where he had seen them to save himself and his crew from an uncertain fate. Diver films mermaids in Australia Divers are prone to some of the strangest and strangest happenings under the sea and this particular diver caught a glimpse of what could only be a mermaid while diving off the coast of Melbourne. A diver was studying sea creatures on the coral reefs near the region when he saw something swimming next to him with Unbelievable luck for him, he had his body camera on and was ready to take a quick snapshot of the creature if it swam by again.

Luckily, the creature swam right over his head and he couldn't believe his eyes or his GoPro camera. He saw what appeared to be a human with arms forward and long flowing hair, but with a long tail instead of legs. The creature swam right above the diver and disappeared into the murky waters. The diver was stunned by what he saw and quickly shared. the video of him online with people debating whether or not he was a real mermaid or just a person in a costume. What do you think the mermaid saw was not submersible? One of the most terrifying and downright fascinating images of mermaids was captured by a team of studying geologists. seismic activity on the ocean floor Dr.

Schmidt and his team were contacted by the Geo Survey Department of Iceland to conduct seismic mapping to locate promising sites for oil and gas reserves under the ocean near Greenland . The team was there submersible and had reached almost 3,000 feet below the sea surface and suddenly the whole team started hearing some interesting but quite scary noises coming from outside the submersible. Curiously, the noises faded away as soon as it started and the team completed their mapping and informed the base that they contacted Iceland. Geo investigated and requested permission to study the strange sounds they had heard, but they were surprisingly shut down.

The team was reminded in their confidentiality agreements that they were warned never to reveal their recordings to anyone else. Dr. Schmidt and his team proceeded to conduct their own investigations. and return to the depth at which they heard the sounds, this time they took several cameras and set them up to hopefully catch a glimpse of the strange creature and this time they did, the cameras captured a strange creature placing its hand on the glass . which dives for a few seconds before swimming away. A closer look at the video shows that the hand is not completely human and has fins between each finger that could be an evolved mechanism used for swimming.

The video went viral online and most people believe it. That this must be the most conclusive proof of the existence of mermaids, but the creatures actually seem scarier than the Little Mermaid fairy tales we've all been led to believe mermaid trapped in a net most fishermen are lucky Yes, they can catch a net full of fish, but this group of fishermen got much more than they bargained for when they threw in something completely different. This group of fishermen went about their normal daily routine trying to catch a net full of fish as they always did, they just cast. a bucket full of bait in a section of the ocean and they left their net waiting for the fish to take the bait and soon something began to shake the net, the group of men began to pull the nets in the hope that they had caught a huge school Of fishes. fish, but they were surprised to find something completely different there, as you can see, it turned out that they caught something extremely large with huge, almost human-like hands, the creature that the fishermen described as an enraged mermaid that broke through the net with With its sharp claws the creature fought against the net to free itself as it seemed that it was not used to nor liked being trapped in a net and was not willing to risk its lives at the hands of what turned out to be a very strong mermaid. the fishermen let the net go back into the ocean if they hadn't recorded this strange encounter on tape surely no one would believe them even though everyone saw the same thing mermaid in India mermaids are a common part of Indian culture and over the years , people have claimed to have seen mermaid sightings in different rivers across the country, but it's one thing to claim to have seen a mermaid and another thing to capture a mermaid in plain sight for the entire world.

This was the case of the mysterious mermaid creature captured in 2016 that left the entire world baffled by what it really was. The creature appears to have a fish head with a jaw, mouth and eyes and also the story of some type of aquatic animal with fins and tail, but the torso of this creature is where the problem lies, as it visibly has human-looking arms and also a distended belly with what appear to be breasts. Many people were confused as to what the creature actually was, as it didn't look like it. something similar to a mermaid depiction that we have all seen before and many people believe that this could be a fake hoax and may simply be a prank for a video to go viral, but we have to admit that this creature looks too real to be. a costume and also appears to be breathing and appeared alive, the video was posted anonymously and the creature was not actually turned over to authorities so there was no way to confirm if it was real or not, but if it really is real. raises the question of what other types of creatures could be lurking in the depths of the sea, it would most likely reaffirm the existence of mermaids, although they are not as beautiful as the locals with mermaid stomachs and shark in the beach.

South Africa were stunned when they found the body of a dead great white shark washed ashore, but it wasn't the body of the shark that was strange, it was the unknown creature found in the shark's belly that caused the stir in First, when plants, the body appeared to be human in a curled up position, but upon further analysis it was revealed that the creature was much more than just a human. An autopsy performed on the remains revealed that the creature had hands and a humanoid skull, but the rest of the creature's body appeared to be some type of fish; it turned out that the cause of the great white shark's death was a stingray.

Barb stuck in shark's jaw. Locals believed this was the weapon wielded by the mermaid who used to wound the shark before it was swallowed whole, leaving them both dead. Mermaid or whale. Reality or fiction. What do you think?