Do mermaids exist?

12 December 2012

We had snow this morning, not much, just a light dusting of very fine snow.  It's all gone now of course.  Anyway ...

The other day I asked if you were a believer in YFOs.  Today I'm going ask about another one; do you believe in mermaids?  I personally don't, well, didn't .  No I don't what to believe.  You see, I recorded a programme off the cable system that has made me stop and think.  Years ago a number strange sounds were recorded off the coasts.  They were not whale song but entirely different in pitch.  No-one knew what was making them. 

According to the programme a number of mass whale beachings have happened on the west coast of the States and in other places including South Africa.  One of the beaching in Washington State was found by a couple of young kids who went to have a look at the whales.  But they found something else along with the whales.  This creature had hands and a human shaped head.  One of the boys got a stick and began prodding the creature with it and it looked like the hand moved to me.  They ran off and called it in and the US Navy turned up and took the creature away.  They then spent a lot of time with the boys convincing that they had seen a seal, not some strange creature.

Samples taken from the whales were examined and showed signs that they had been injured by some sort of sonic boom.  It then turns out the US Navy had been testing a new weapon system in area, a sonic sound weapon.  Nothing was seen of the US creature again.  Another beaching happened in South Africa and yet another strange creature was washed up along with the whales.  This one was taken away for examination.  The remains and the research teams work were due to be shipped to the States for further examination but very early one morning the local police raided the lab and removed everything that anything to do with the find. 

Let's now look at the 'mermaid' legend over the years.  Mankind has been drawing them for thousands of years in all parts of the world, in places and at times when they had no connection with other cultures.  Where did they all get the same picture idea from?  I don't know.  Even now fishing men are pulling in fish with spears sticking in them, in some cases a number of spears.  A great shark was pulled ashore that had a large number of spears in its sides.  Where did the spears come from?  I don't know.

An Italian trawler was pulling in its nets while someone was filming the operation.  Once one of them was clear of boat's side you clearly see an large human shape in the net and a webbed hand was forced out of the net as well.   

This was not the only time fishermen had seen these creatures.

Now let's go back the two boys.  One of them had a video phone at the time.  He recorded the sighting and the creature.  At various points through the programme the same bit of film was shown.  But as they moved to their conclusion they showed the full film.  At the end of it there was a clear image of a humanoid creature rearing up and screaming at the boys.  They ran off of course.  Can't say I blame them! 

So there you go folks?  Do mermaids exist?  I don't know having watched that programme.  The US Navy is keeping very tight lipped about it now, maybe because they want to continue their testing.  I will be keeping an open mind on the subject now?

I did get off down town, but not for long - too bloomin' cold!  However I did get a couple of shots, and here's one of them ...

And now for a Taxing problem ...

A dad walks into a market with his young son. The kid is holding a 50 pence piece. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The dad realizes the boy has swallowed the coin and starts panicking and shouting for help.
A well dressed, attractive, but serious-looking woman in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar in the market, reading her newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee.
At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down on the saucer, neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the counter, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the market.
Reaching the boy, the woman carefully takes hold of the boy's testicles and starts to squeeze, gently at first and then ever more firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the coin, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand. Releasing the boy, the woman hands the money to the father and walks back to her seat in the coffee bar without saying a word.
As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no lasting ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor?
"No," the woman replies,
"I work for the Inland Revenue"