An American submarine captain photographed the mermaid
For 50 years now, there have been regular reports that residents and tourists of one of the Hawaiian Islands saw a mermaid in the water. The attitude to these messages has so far been rather skeptical: who will believe that the half-woman, half-fish, who was the character of Andersen's wonderful sad fairy tale in childhood and revived on the screen by Wal Disney, really exists?
Photo: One of Jeff's photos.
However, on April 12, 1998, documentary evidence of this amazing phenomenon appeared: 43-year-old American submarine captain Jeff Leicher managed to take
several underwater photographs of the sea diva, known among the local population as the "mermaid from Cape Kivi." On that day, Jeff and nine other oceanographers were exploring the ocean floor a few miles from Kona Island.
In the photo: Jeff points out the location where the pictures were taken.
The team had already completed the work scheduled for the morning and were returning to the island on the surface, when suddenly their submarine was surrounded by a flock of dolphins, which began to amusely circle and play in the waves left by the submarine. Suddenly, someone from the crew screamed loudly and began to point to some object in the water. Jeff and his comrades couldn't believe their eyes: literally three meters from their boat, a naked woman was floating. She had long flowing hair and an unusually beautiful face. But no human being can swim that fast! She easily overtook the dolphins. Following the dolphins, the sea nymph made a jump in the air, and the crew members were stunned: the lower part of her body was covered with scales and ended in a huge fish tail! She jumped high again and disappeared under the water.
All ten crew members witnessed an incredible episode. But their shocks did not end there. About an hour later, the team arrived on the island. Everyone changed into diving equipment and began to descend under the water near the shore. Jeff brought an underwater camera with him to photograph rare tropical fish. Suddenly, he felt something brush against his right leg. It was her.
The mermaid flashed next to the speed of lightning, then turned around and swam past him in the opposite direction. Jeff managed to snap the camera several times. And the mermaid rose to the surface of the water and swam away.
The photographs taken by Jeff Leicher have undergone extensive research in three dark labs. All experts came to the conclusion about the authenticity of the images. This confirms an amazing fact: among the inhabitants of the underwater kingdom there are creatures similar to people. And the legends about the beautiful inhabitants of the seabed, maddening fishermen and sailors, are based on the real existence of mermaids.