Is a mermaid living under the sea in northern Israel?
Haifa suburb is offering $1 million to anyone who can prove the aquatic damsel exists.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel newsSome residents of Kiryat Yam are convinced the city is home to a mermaid, and the town's local council is offering $1 million to anyone who can prove the aquatic damsel exists.
Over recent months, dozens of people in the Haifa suburb have reported seeing a creature that resembles a young girl leaping out of the water and doing aerial tricks across the waves before disappearing to her home under the sea.
The story has caused quite a splash in Kiryat Yam, with dozens of onlookers flocking to the town's beach at sunset, cameras in tow, to catch a glimpse of the mermaid and hopefully, the million dollar photo.
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The mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. Could Kiryat Yam have a mermaid of its own? |
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