Re: NANFA-- Mermaids in Seattle/off-topic

Gupp (gupp_at_naturalaquariums.com)
Wed, 04 Apr 2001 08:50:10 -0600

Those are good ones, I was going to guess Lewis and Clark. :) Guess I'm
on a real nostalgia trip this morning. We went to their campsite for a
kindergarten field trip when I lived in Naselle. In fact the
kindergarten was at the fire station in those days. :)

Rhonda

-- 
http://naturalaquariums.com


Bruce Stallsmith wrote:
> 
> >Mermaid Trivia Question - Columbus reported a mermaid sighting that
> >probably
> >was a manatee. Do you know of any other famous North American explorers
> >that
> >reported close-up encounters with mermaids ?
> Did John Smith have mermaid sightings around the Virginia colony around
> 1610? And I think I remember hearing of Ponce de Leon's mermaid sightings in
> Florida waters on his way to looking for the Fountain of Youth.
> 
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL


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