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Mermaid. United Kingdom

ID #1530021781
Added Tue, 26/06/2018
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
1913
Location: 
Пентленд-Ферт
United Kingdom

Close to Deerness, another encounter with a mermaid was reported in 1913, when several sightings of the same mermaid were observed on the South-Eastern coast of hoy.

The crew of a fishing boat claimed to have seen a mermaid rising from the waters of the Pentland Firth. The creature rose three meters above the waves and looked like a woman with a handkerchief draped over her shoulders. According to the crew, this observation was their third encounter with the mysterious sea woman.

Original news

The crew of a fishing vessel claimed they had seen a mermaid rising from the waters of the Pentland Firth. The creature rose to a height of three feet above the waves and was described as being like a woman with a shawl draped around her shoulders. According to the crew this sighting was their third encounters with the mysterious sea-woman.

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1913 THE HOY SEA WOMAN SIGHTING

Close to Deerness, another mermaid encounter was reported in 1913, where multiple sightings of the same mermaid were seen of the south-eastern coast of Hoy. They write:

“Ralph Taylor and crew, when visiting their lobster creels the other day, saw a strange creature, which looked like a mermaid, close by the foot of the Old Man.

“It rose out of the water to the height of three feet and looked like a lady with a shawl round her shoulders, and streaming down her face.

“This is the third occasion it has been seen at close range by them. The oldest people have never seen anything like it before, and wonder what it can be. Some think it must be the Deerness Mermaid on tour.”

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