marleah hunted for southern mermaid stories this week - and found some! a potpourri of mermaids from cape fear, NC, and birmingham, al; a perverted merman from algonquin lore; water spirits that followed their people across the oceans; and a bonus brazilian badass fish girl bent on revenge.

Resources

• Mermaid Point, from North Carolina Ghosts

• cape fear mermaid sighting, from carolina’s unknown

• mermaid sightings throughout history leave us wondering if we believe it or not, from ripleys

• myths, manatees and mermaids in the age of exploration, from snopes

• the hawes murders, from true crime stories

• may hawes from bhamwiki

• 18 spooky native american monsters that will keep you awake at night, from history collection

• la sirene, from lwa and order

• rejected princesses, iara

• Mami Wata, from Medium

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