It seems some landlubbers think they’ve seen them a mermaid in Israel:
An alleged mermaid, said to resemble a cross between a fish and a young girl, only appears at sunset. It performs a few tricks for onlookers before disappearing for the night.
One of the first people to see the mermaid, Shlomo Cohen, said, “I was with friends when suddenly we saw a woman laying on the sand in a weird way. At first I thought she was just another sunbather, but when we approached she jumped into the water and disappeared. We were all in shock because we saw she had a tail.”
The sightings apparently began several months ago.
The town’s tourism board is of course delighted with their newfound fame and local mystery fauna. Taking a cue from the town of Inverness, Scotland (on the shore of Loch Ness), the Kiryat Yam government has offered a $1 million reward for the first person to photograph the creature. Town spokesman Natti Zilberman thinks the reward money is well-spent. “I believe if there really is a mermaid then so many people will come to Kiryat Yam, a lot more money will be made than $1 million.”
Their government is pretty smart to offer a reward — though it will also encourage more fakes.
Like miracles, this is an event people swear to have seen with their own eyes, yet no evidence has been produced. Skeptics are, well, skeptical, and just saying you saw a mermaid isn’t enough. You have to prove it, or we’re going to assume you had too much to drink or experienced an optical illusion (which is common with water).
But if you have real proof, we’ll be happy to believe it.
Until then, we’ll laugh at you.
behaviour sounds like a seal to me…
Nah, I bet it’s Rob Schneider.
See 1:57 mark. Deep link didn’t work for some reason.
Well, they must exist. After all, Muslims are allowed to eat them:
http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/103991/mermaids
Okay, but are they strictly kosher, as well as halal? I mean, that might tell us what waters it’s native to and whether it needs to be relocated.
Israeli Mermaid
We should expect people to ridicule what they find ridiculous.
I couldn’t agree more.
Ridicule is a useful tool which can be used to snap delusional people out of their petty fantasies. It is a social sanction which encourages people to use good logic and avoid bad assumptions and poor reasoning. You should never feel badly about ridiculing that which you find to be ridiculous, providing you yourself are not engaging in the bad assumptions or poor reasoning.
Minor edit, landlubbers not land lovers though both apply in their own way.
You truly have experienced His Noodley Appendage!
any sightings of Bat Boy nearby?
Wow, what a feat! That’s way better than just raising some guys from the dead. I mean, jumping without actually having feet or legs, that’s really impressive! *rolleyes&facepalm*
This area of Israel has a lot of chemical industry that was pumping waste into the see for some time so anything is possible. Anyway I saw the mermaid it was sunbathing (topless) with bigfoot but when I tried to take a picture they escaped on a flying saucer. On a serious note, it’s a great idea if it works the town will make money from tourists and since there is no mermaid no one will ever collect the reword.
It could be one of the so called transitional fossiles that creationiss believe that should exist.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1078#comic
Things I now believe in: Mermaids
Things I no longer believe in: Dynamite Fishing
Now was the fish part on top or on the bottom?
Yeah. I’m wondering. Especially after the ‘it performs tricks’ bit…
As an Israel – not our proudest moment…
Of course mermaids exist. Prove they don’t.
They are at least as likely as god.
And just as twisted. All the luring of unsuspecting sailors to their deaths must have made the big guy a bit jealous.
Way more likely.
You people are SO ignorant! Haven’t any of you ever been to Florida? Go to Weeki Wachee Springs to see the real thing.
http://weekiwachee.com/main/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&task=view&gallery=4
Actually, I discovered the mermaids when working on my postcard album. My mother’s old album had a few black and white cards from Weeki Wachee and I was surprised to find they are still in business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeki_Wachee_Springs
Just tell me where I can find the mermaid and tell me what does she look like?