Comments on: August in the North Atlantic: Sea Serpents and Merbeings

By: John Kirk

John Kirk — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:19:55 +0000

That first one from Manitoba is a bit dubious and it is Richibucto, New Brunswick not Richibacto. Where are the names of any of the fishermen? Must have been a slow newsday.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:36:09 +0000

As for mermaids, yeah, I’ll give the manatee its due too. However, some of those accounts–I just can’t wrap my mind around it, so I have no idea what is really being seen. Who knows, perhaps there’s other humanoid looking critters down there we haven’t discovered yet…while a mermaid is pushing the boundaries of evolution, I’m not going to say it’s 100% baloney…have you seen some of the crazy stuff that’s been discovered down in the depths???

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:33:26 +0000

While I think that yes, there was still a fair amount of unidentified creatures in the sea back in those days of yore, sailors and fishermen were on the water day in and day out–they had to have a fair amount of experience and expertise telling the difference between sharks, whales, dolphins and all manner of fish–they weren’t all drunken sots that had been out to sea too long.

While I’d say 200 foot was probably an exaggeration–or at least a story might have grown, the details are pretty specific. And if all five men corroborated the same account, I’m willing to give it its due. The ocean has proved its big enough to hide all manner of things, and if there’s one environment on earth I’m willing to put money on cryptids (and big ones), it’s the ocean.

By: stonelk

stonelk — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:03:15 +0000

If you want a sea monster or mermaid just look on ebay. This one would have been great for my annual haunted house.

By: twblack

twblack — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:50:17 +0000

I am sure there was and still is a lot of misidentifed sea monsters or creatures that are known to us. But I myself believe 100% that there is still some very large creatures either not known or thought to be extinct that are still out there in the open ocean. I believe unknown sea serpents, creatures, monsters are more in the realm of possibilty than any lake monsters of which, yes, I am a little skeptical. Not to say they are not real just a little harder to believe for myself.