Tales of the mythical and magical mermaid have been dismissed as rumors; however, these majestical creatures do exist. Cameras have caught photos and even videos of these creatures stranded on beaches and swimming dignified through the ocean. You may argue that these images are fabricated but there are scientist who dedicate their lives and can speak surely about the existence of mermaids. Scientist who are skilled in the use of sonar. Scientists who state that mermaids are seismically sensitive.
Because mermaids use sonar, they travel with whales which leads to the reason mermaid sightings are intertwined with numerous beached whales. Now you can say that mermaids don’t exist because people haven’t really seen one, but there are marine animals that are being discovered lately that have gone unnoticed for centuries due to their elusiveness. What is excluding a mermaid from this list? People have came out to the public, stating that they have worked with underground government companies that study and dissect these creatures for better understanding.
This is a lot of overwhelming information but finally, the pieces are starting to stick together. Mermaids, the beautiful imaginary creature that muddled at the mind of drunk pirates and depressed sea goers. In the english language, a mermaid is described as a half-human sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair. If this is how you imagine these creatures then you are totally wrong. Maybe it’s this image that makes the haters hate.
The image of beautiful women with luxurious hair and scintillating scales stealing the men of the real world. Even though it sounds amazing and to real to be true, great explorers like “Columbus [who] claimed to have spotted mermaids near Haiti in 1493, which he described as being “not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men,” according to the American Museum of Natural History” (Castro). Mermaids, contrary to popular belief, are actually very unattractive.
People who have actually came in contact with them stated them to look more like wretched men and women then what the normal folklore depicts. To understand why mermaids actually exist, we must understand where they come from at first. Sightings of mermaids has gone as far back as 1000 BC where people luckily got a glimpse of them and translated what they saw into stories, like in ancient Syria, or blended it into their religion, like in Babylon. With this information, we can date back the existence of mermaids to 3014 years ago, if not more.
Mermaid skeptics tend to argue against the existence of mermaids due to a lack of evidence and claim that most photos and/or videos are fabricated. This is because mermaids are marine animals, and like all other marine animals, they tend to be elusive. Marine animals reside in oceans or any other body of water, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface and contains 97 percent of the planet’s water, yet more than 95 percent of the underwater world remains unexplored.
That is a lot of space that still hasn’t been thoroughly searched and of the 95% that hasn’t been explored, “[There is] The deepsea zone, beginning at a depth of 650 feet and plunging to 36,000 feet, contains some of the world’s most elusive, unique marine animals” (Stephens). Huge whales weighing in at about 32,000 lbs have gone unnoticed for centuries swimming in this area, why can’t a mermaid do the same? Humans are very closely related to apes, sharing over 99% of the same DNA as with them. You may argue evolution and how the two mammals look very similar but in contrast, we share 98% of our DNA with mice.
Two species can be very similar in a physical or molecular structure. Mermaids on the other hand have no direct relatives. Conspiracists argue that they are a mistake in the evolutionary ladder. Nonetheless, they have one species they can call family. Mermaids swim along whales in what are call pods, a herd to protect themselves from predators and to hunt in an eloquent matter. Although mermaids and whales have minuscule amount of things in common physical, they have one thing in common. “They can also speak whale. Of course you’d expect mermaids to do so.
The noise signatures for whale songs are distinct for each species” (Reed). Mermaids and whales have a sonar that is nearly at the same pitch, making it easy for the two species to communicate with each other. Communication between species makes finding safe waters and food more efficient. To a mermaid, a whale is the only other specie it can actually call family. Now if all the information acquired from these sources and all the photos/videos scoured over the internet still don’t change your mind about the existence of mermaids, then the claims of these men might.
Scientist Paul Robertson, formerly a NOAA Fisheries Department lead researcher, a man who spent the end of his career exposing how Navy Sonar weapons tested in the ocean resulted in the mass beaching and deaths of thousands of whales worldwide. He was uncovering the real truths of sonar testing and how it affected the seismically sensitive mermaids. Robertson studies the recovered bodies from the beached whale site and tested them. He posted his research on his website, drpaulrobertson. com, which was later seized by US Homeland Security.
Other websites that posted his findings were also taken by the US Homeland Security for reasons unknown to the public. The interesting thing in this is that the scientist who had their findings revoked and who were kicked out of the job were merely marine scientists, not sonar experts. This explains why ocean companies like NOAA are always declining the existence of highly intelligent, marine-based, humanoid creatures. Mermaids have existed for thousands of years, evading the spotlight of everyday life. They live elusive lives, swimming with large pods of whales, staying hidden under the shadows of these great creatures.
Half human, half fish, they can stay in the water for long lengths and can also survive on land for a short period of time. Sightings of these creatures are widespread, especially in areas with a lot of beached animals. Government agencies dismiss their existence as fake, while a whole department tries to keep them away from the general public. Documentaries go in depth of the government coverup. Maybe you’ve seen the pictures, maybe you haven’t, but you should know that if someone’s trying so hard to cover something up, then read between the lines and figure it out for yourself before it’s too late.