Do Mermaids and Mermen exist?

I didn't go to work today. Haha. No, I am not on MC, and no I did not play truant. My company sent all the IA students for a course today and so I had a relaxing day, without work (but also without internet access), learning the basics of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. Haha. It was the first time in months that I reached home on a weekday before 6 - the course ended at 5. Unfortunately, I still have my research project to do, so I am posting from school now... Sianz...

I don't have much time to post as I have to go do my research, so I will make this quick. This article is about a mysterious humanoid creature swimming around in the Caspian sea. For the last two years residents of coastal areas around the Caspian Sea have been reporting of some amphibious creature resembling a human being. What is even more interesting is that some people say that the waters where he swam were turning spanking clear.

Because of the number of recent sightings, some researchers are starting to believe that the stories might be true. Some theorise, that the creature is not alone, there is a family of underwater humans who are on a mission to tackle environmental problems of the Caspian, which have been worsening due to off-shore oil production operations. Supposedly, the Iranians have already started their research of the Caspian phenomenon, but whether the international scientific community can help will have to depend on whether politics gets in the way...

Residents of a few towns on the Caspian shores in Iran and Azerbaijan say that they saw an amphibious man, he was reported to be swimming amidst huge shoals of fish. Rumor has it that the waters where he swam were turning spanking clear

For the last two years residents of coastal areas around the southern and southwestern Caspian Sea have been reporting of some amphibious creature resembling a human being. In March this year an eyewitness account from the crew of the Baku, an Azeri trawler, was published by Iranian newspaper Zindagi: "That creature was swimming parallel course near the boat for a long time," said Gafar Gasanof, a captain of the ship.

"At the beginning we thought it was a big fish, but then we spotted hair on the head of the monster and his fins looked pretty strange... the front part of his body was equipped with arms!" said the captain. Back in Azerbaijan, nobody took his story seriously. It sounded ridiculous to those who thought that the guy must have been drinking while on board.

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