Are Mermaids Real?

Are mermaids real?

We can only speculate the answer to this question. Mermaids are considered mythical creatures, but there is still the question of where the myth of mermaids came from. Perhaps there is truth to legend.

It is believed that the sailors of olden days who wrote about seeing mermaids were actually

delirious from months at sea and mistook manatees for mermaids. Manatee tails are resemblant of a mermaid tail and when you’ve gone so long without seeing a woman, you might just imagine one.

That may or may not be the case. Mermaids may seem like something out of the imagination, but the majority of the ocean has been unexplored so we can’t rule out their existence.

There is a scientific theory that life originated in the sea and everything evolved from there, eventually to the point of creatures leaving the sea. What if mermaids are the missing link? Perhaps they are our evolutionary ancestors.  While science does not confirm this, it is just something to ponder about.

It is a great mystery. Do we discount all the tales of mermaid sightings as merely lies or delusions?