Most people don’t know that Seattle, Washington is hiding a real-life community of mermaids.
We usually think of mermaids as the stuff of storybooks and Disney films, but this Pacific coast city actually has a growing number of people who live as mermaids – sometimes full-time.
Flickr/Kellerbrandt foto In the Seattle “mer” community, men and women wear dazzling prosthetic tails and swim in lakes and pools across the region. The appearance of their tails moving through the water is hypnotic, and the mermaids frequently say that they feel happiest with their tails on.
Inside Edition/YouTube Some mermaids, such as Caitlin Nielsen, actually quit their jobs in order to pursue the mermaid lifestyle full time. Nielson goes by the mer name of “Cyanea,” makes her own tails and jokes that she considers her legs a birth defect which is corrected by wearing her prosthetic tail.
Flickr/David Gannon So how does one make a living as a mermaid? Many community members offer their enchanting talents for hire. You can actually book a mermaid (or a whole school of mermaids) for you birthday party, wedding, boat party or pool party.
Want to see these mesmerizing mermaids in action? Check out the video below from Inside Edition’s Youtube channel.
Flickr/Kellerbrandt foto
In the Seattle “mer” community, men and women wear dazzling prosthetic tails and swim in lakes and pools across the region. The appearance of their tails moving through the water is hypnotic, and the mermaids frequently say that they feel happiest with their tails on.
Inside Edition/YouTube
Some mermaids, such as Caitlin Nielsen, actually quit their jobs in order to pursue the mermaid lifestyle full time. Nielson goes by the mer name of “Cyanea,” makes her own tails and jokes that she considers her legs a birth defect which is corrected by wearing her prosthetic tail.
Flickr/David Gannon
So how does one make a living as a mermaid? Many community members offer their enchanting talents for hire. You can actually book a mermaid (or a whole school of mermaids) for you birthday party, wedding, boat party or pool party.
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