Do you think this is strange or just fiction..?

Question

Hi,

We have to do a class project over the summer and the topic is mystical creatures. So i thought i would do my project on mermaids. So i was looking if there was any fictional or un -reported sightings of them anywhere in the world. And that's when it was a bit strange because i found this site : http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/reports/mermaid.php

I was looking at some of the descriptions of sightings and at first i thought that they were all fictional cause obviously mermaids don't exist. But if you look at the 13th report down it tells you about this sailor and that. So i thought that could be true (maybe) and i searched it on google and there was an exact story and report of that exact incident on the same year. I don't really think much of it but for my project i'd like people to have there opinion on this subject, what do you think...?

Answer 1

This sounds like a local legend. Maybe for the project you could research the area where it happened, there might be alot of folk stories like this you could inc,lude. Good luck. :) x*x

Answer 2

fiction.  One sailor doesn't make a naked woman with a fish tail.  It makes a sailor with a fish tale.

Answer 3

Some thins are fact. This is not one of them. Though reading multiple accounts of something, or similar ones may make it seem more realistic, you must always keep some doubt in your mind.  

Answer 4

fiction

Answer 5

FICTION certainly!!!!

Answer 6

wow....u actually had a thought that those were real..lol i think all becuz u c the same report on the internet twice doesnt mean that its real. internet could be all lies.  

Answer 7

i think this is gonna be a good project A+ I'm not a teacher tho  

Answer 8

Mermaid are a just fiction I'm afraid to say. One with many different causes ranging from misidentified sea creates (like dolphins, manatees, dugongs etc) to people hallucinating from conditions at sea. These stories were then often perpetuated by some unscrupulous people who would 'make' mermaid mummies! Here's a link to read some more on it.

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/08/merm...

Edit:

@ kilroymaster, I would just love to see your sources for that! lol

Answer 9

fiction

but honestly?

you can get some people to believe the UNbelievable.

there is an entire syndrome named after this called

TBS...that might be a better subject..how that in the face of logic and indisputable truth, many still believe the impossible...

Answer 10

Mermaid are very real and existing creatures...They have been around since the dawn of man-kind... And they are still around during the fall of man-kind..... Now I don't know what you are reading at this time but you should start by reading news paper start around the 1800, And read about the sighting of mermaids....And You should read some of the stories about the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade and how they use to throw dead slaves over board while watching those dead slaves being eaten by mermaids..... There are thousands of stories out there about ship sinking and merpeople attacking and consuming sailors..... Then there are a few stories about ship sinking and mermaid attack during the War of 1812 and WW-I and WW-II... And the freedom of information act is loaded with stories of how the United States and other countries have captured merpeople and used them for military purposes...... Then there are all of those writer of Geek History and writer of fiction that tell more truth about mermaid in their stories than most people will ever know or believe..... And lest not forget all of those stories tellers from ancient times that tell us stories about the dark side of mermaids..... And the majority of these stories about mermaid are as ancient as man-kind.... And when several drawing of mermaids appeared on cave wall.. Knowing that 99% of the cave men drew what they witness thousands of years ago tells me and other men science that mermaids are very real................ In spite of the millions of non-believers might say...................... And in spite of what million of people might say the freedon of information act is not a place for writers of fiction would pratice their writting skills .................