Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-12-24 | Page 11 | Live Mermaid Seen off Scottish Coast

LIVE HID SEE! Affidavit Made by Observe! of Antics of Strange Sea Animal. Special Cable lo The Tribune. EDINBURGH. J'Jec. 'Jo. A young man named John Mclfaac of Oorphlne. In Kin lyre. In Scotland, made oath on examination ex-amination at Camplotown, before the shorLf substitute of Klntyrc, that his saw on a black rock on the yea coast an animal ani-mal of tho particulars of which ho given a long and curious detail, answering. In E.niorul. to the description commonly clvn of the supposed amphibious animal called n. monnaid. lie slate that tho upper half of It wns white and of the shap.' of a human body; the other half. .i ii v.,.,.,ll...l nr vilillsh liiivurun villi, yi " i "i' " , ivi gniv color. 3 uppBr'iitly covered w'tb scaifls. but the extremity of the tall ll-solf ll-solf wa.s of 'a greenish red shining color: that the heuil was covered with long h.lr; sometimes It would put back the hnlr on both sides of its head, it would aJso snranJ Its tall like a tan; and while so extended the tall continued in tremulous trem-ulous motion, and when drawn together again It remained motionless; that the arnia were abort In proportion to the ibodv. which appeared to b about t!i I thickness or that of a. young lad. and tapering gradually to tho point of the tall; that when molting Its head as above mentioned, tho lingers wcro kept close together, so that ho cannot say whether "thev were webbed or not; that ho saw It for nearly two hours, the rock on which It lay being dry: that after ull the fCa had so fur retired as to leave the rock dry to the height of lour or nye foot above the water, it tumbled clumsily into the sea: a minute after lie observed the animal above watf.r, and then ho saw every feature of its face, having ull the appearance of a human being, with very hollow eyes. It continued abo e water for a few minutes and then disappeared. He- was Informed that oonio hon in the neighborhood saw a similar creature lu tho sea. close to the shore, on the same day. Tho minister of Campbeltown, and the chamberlain of the Mull, attest his examination and declare they know no reason why ids veraclly ihould be (luesUuiicd