posted on Oct, 22 2004 @ 12:54 AM
I collect mermaids.....glass ones, wood ect, not REAL ones. I have over a thousand Mermaid things....
In my travels I ask locals about their belief in Mermaids.
In the Bahamas....It is said that actuall Mermaids live in fresh water pools on the islands...NOT in the sea. It is claimed if you see one, you go
blind.....and the lady who was braiding my hair on the beach told me that her nephew was blinded by a mermaid when he was 9 years old. She was very
affraid of this Mermaid legend, claiming it was TOTALLY true. I did'nt meet her 'blind' nephew, but told her I would like to........and begged her
to take me to one of these so called inland pools, but she flatly refused. Claiming she didnt want to be the reason that I would go blind. The story
she told me was very close to the 'EX FILES' episode with the Figi Mermaid in it...............she told me I coulnt meet her nephew due to the
family protecting him from negative outside forces like Americans
I hear 'Weekie Watchee Springs' in Florida has closed down, and that sad. That was a Mermaid Themepark of sorts, with an underwater Mermaid
Show.....but the Mermaids were just lovely woman in Mermaid Suits, not the real deal of course.
I saw a SCAREY Mermaid Movie once called 'SHE CREATURE'...it was a kewl movie! the only time Ive ever seen a Mermaid show where the Mermaid was
scarey lol......