1833: Mermaid off of Isle of Yell, Scotland

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THINK ABOUTIT ENTITY SIGHTING REPORT

Date: July 1833

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Location: Off the Isle of Yell, Scotland

Urban or Rural: –

Entity Type: mermaid

Entity Description: A few stiff bristles were on top of the head, extending down to the shoulder, and these she could erect and depress at pleasure, something like a crest. She had neither gill nor fins and there were no scales on her body.

Hynek Classification:  CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.

Duration: three hours

No. of Object(s):  1

Size of Object(s): three feet long

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Number of Witnesses: Six

Source: The Historical Mermaid

Summary/Description: Six fishermen reported that their fishing line had become entangled with a mermaid. They said they had kept her onboard their boat for three hours, and said that she was about three feet long. “She offered no resistance nor attempted to bite, but she moaned piteously.” A few stiff bristles were on top of the head, extending down to the shoulder, and these she could erect and depress at pleasure, something like a crest. She had neither gill nor fins and there were no scales on her body. The men, who were very superstitious threw her overboard eventually and said that she dived “in a perpendicular direction.”