THE EL PASO HERALD — AUGUST 01, 1911
OCEAN INHABITANT IS LIKE MERMAID ♢ Marine Freak Suggests
Kinship to the Mythical Nymph.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 1.—The lighthouse keeper at Pass A Lutre, the eastern extremity of the Mississippi delta, C. A. Thompson, has found the body of a fish that he believes is the missing link between the mythical mermaid and the real thing. He picked it up on a mud lump that formed in the pass.
The head had evidently been crushed by some denizen of the deep, though there was enough left to indicate that it was about two inches in diameter. The trunk of the body or torso was exactly like that of a female, even to the pelvic bones, while instead of the hip sockets the pelvic at the extermity was joined together and evidently had extended into a tail. The little skeleton is in an excellent state of preservation, and has been sent to the Louisiana Historical Society.
El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.), 01 Aug. 1911. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
