5 Scariest Sightings Of Mermaids!

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5 Scariest Sightings Of Mermaids!
With most of our blue planet covered by water, it's little wonder that, centuries ago, the oceans were
believed to hide mysterious creatures including sea serpents and mermaids. Merfolk, that is, mermaids
and mermen, are, of course, the marine version of halfhuman, halfanimal legends that have captured
human imagination for ages.
Many children are perhaps most familiar with the Disney version of "The Little Mermaid," a somewhat
sanitized version of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale first published in 1837. In the original tales,
saying that they are very different is quite the understatement. In folklore, mermaids were often
associated with misfortune and death, luring errant sailors off course and even onto rocky shoals.
Though not as wellknown as their comely female counterparts, there are of course mermen — and they
have an equally fierce reputation for summoning storms, sinking ships and drowning sailors.
They also weren’t depicted as we know them today. The book "Arabian Nights," described mermaids as
having "moon faces and hair like a woman's but their hands and feet were in their bellies and they had
tails like fishes.", far from the lovely ladies with flowing hair that we’re so used to seeing them.
Today, we will talk about tales of mermaids as they were originally meant to be; vile creatures who bring
nothing but disaster and misfortune to men. The last story is particularly disturbing, so make sure you
stay tuned for that. Here are 5 scariest sightings of mermaids.

Number 5. The Orang Ikan
Merbeings have been present in folklore throughout the world since practically as long as folklore has
been around. Yet as much as the idea of halfhuman, halffish beings may sound like mere flight of fancy
there are numerous reports of reallife sightings and encounters with strange merbeings from all over
the world.
During World War II, amidst the fighting that was quickly flaming across the Pacific there is an
interesting case that was reported by Japanese soldiers from the Kei Islands of Indonesia in 1943. The
Kei Islands, also known as the Kai Islands, are located in the southeastern part of the Maluka Islands of
Indonesia. It was in this gorgeous island paradise of postcard perfect, pristine white sand beaches that a
most peculiar and mysterious case of real merbeings occurred.
In 1943, Japanese soldiers stationed with a surveillance team on a small, remote island within the Kei
island chain reported seeing strange creatures in the water that were said to have limbs and a face
somewhat similar to a human, but a mouth like a carp, filled with needlelike teeth. These bizarre
creatures were described as typically being around 150 cm tall, and having pink or salmon colored skin,
as well as prominent spines or spikes of some sort on their heads or even their necks and shoulders.
These strange beats were not really keeping with the image of what a mermaid should look like at all.
Unlike the more classical mermaids, these merbeings were not described as attractive maidens, and did
not have wholly fish tails, but rather possessed two long arms and two prominent, froglike legs, both of
which ended in wicked talons.

These creatures were called the Orang Ikan by the locals. Stories suggest that these creatures are
peaceful and would rather stay away from land dwellers as much as possible. But just seeing one of
these weird and terrifying creatures would be enough to scare even a seasoned soldier.

Number 4. The Hebridean Mermaid
Scotland has countless mysteries and legends, with mermaids taking a place in their folklore. However,
in 1830, a mermaid was apparently seen and subsequently killed by the people of Benbecula.
According to the story, people were busy cutting seaweed at Sgeir na Duchadh near Grimnis on the west
coast of the island of Benbecula. One woman spotted a creature several yards out in the water. The
creature looked like a woman in miniature. Alarmed she called to the others working on the shore who
also saw this strange sight. Men went into the water to try to catch the creature but she evaded them. A
boy aimed a rock at her which struck her on the back, she cried out in pain and disappeared beneath the
waves.
A few days later a creature was washed up dead on the beach at Culle bay near the township of Nunton
which lies a few miles north of this spot. The creature was said to have the upper shape of a well
developed woman but was around the size of a 4yearold girl. She had long dark glossy hair and white
skin, however her lower half was described as being ‘like a salmon’ but without the scales.
The local sherif was called.