Mermaids - ARE they REAL? You won't believe some of the REAL sightings!

The idea that mermaids might actually exist has fascinated people for generations. Here are our top historical mermaid sighting picks. People who have claimed to have personally witnessed mermaids range from explorers to divers. Could this be real? It's challenging to reject the existence of mermaids because of something about them. So let's begin. 1. In 2nd century dead mermaid bodies were discovered on the Gaul shore. The author Lucian has mentioned about the mermaid in his book Natural History. According to Pliny the Elder, there have been numerous reports of mermaid sightings off the coast of Gaul. The bodies of mermaid corpses clothed in scales were commonly found to have washed ashore. He adds that the Gaulish governor even wrote the Emperor Augustus a letter informing him of these legendary monsters. 2. Mermaids were mentioned in the pirate Blackbeard's log book. On multiple occasions, he had advised his crew to stay away from the certain area of waterways because Blackbeard and his crew members had claimed to have seen mermaids there. 3. Christopher Columbus, a renowned explorer, is reputed to have seen three mermaids in 1493 off the coast of Hispaniola. Contrary to mythology, he claimed, these animals were ugly because of some male facial traits. However, no one is entirely sure what Columbus witnessed. 4. The inhabitants of the Indonesian Kai Islands had a creature that they were attached to. Its name, a rainikon, is Indonesian word for man-fish. The Japanese forces stationed there 1943, during World War II witnessed this and described this man-fish as 150 cm tall, with spikes on the neck, shoulders, and spine. 5. In 1967, tourists on a ferry claimed to have seen a blonde-haired mermaid eating raw fish. In an effort to prove her existence, Charles White of the Undersea Gardens offered a $25,000 reward for her arrest. However, no one was able to capture or locate the mermaid, and as time went on, the legend was forgotten. 6. In 1998, ten passengers on a boat all claimed to have seen mermaids. The mermaid was captured in a shot by a diver, and experts say it is real. 7. In 2012, in Zimbabwe, workers on a dam were attempting to install a water pump for nearby farms. Local workers and divers were employed when the pumps became blocked to determine what was obstructing these lines. These local divers and workmen swore they would never go back to those waters again as they had seen a mermaid. However, the government hired divers and dam workers from outside since they didn't trust the workers' claims that they had seen a mermaid in the depths. However, these newcomers claimed to have observed the same thing and declined to return to the area to complete the repairs.