Fish appear in Israel

Litte Mermaid (Little Fish), a statue, sits on a platform at the port of Copenhagen, Denmark. Sculpture sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the statue in 1913. (Photo: stockxpert)
Locals and tourists in the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel are pulling to the coast in the hope of witnessing a creature that most people believe exists only in legend.

The fishman, believed to be a hybrid between a fish and a young girl, only appears at dusk. The fish perform some songs for viewers before disappearing at night.

One of the first people to see a fishman, Shlomo Cohen, said: 'I am with my friends when suddenly we see a woman lying on the sand. At first I thought she was just a normal sunbath, but when we approached she jumped into the sea and disappeared. We were all surprised because she had a tail. '

And the fact that people flock to the coast to witness fishermen has started in recent months.

$ 1 million prize

The town's travel department is of course very happy with its new reputation.With the suggestion of the town of Inverness, Scotland, the Kiryat Yam government suspended a $ 1 million prize for the first person to take a picture of the creature. A spokesman for Natti town Zilberman said that the award was absolutely worth it, 'I believe that if there are really fish people, many people will come to Kiryat Yam, and we will make a lot more money than 1 millions of dollars'.

Of course, if the fishman doesn't exist - maybe it's a hoax, an optical illusion, or simply a misconception about a certain animal - the town's bonus won't go away. , while the economic benefits of the influx of tourists trying to photograph fishermen will survive in the long run.

What people see is still unclear, but the power of imagination is extraordinary. Identifying animals in the country is inherently problematic, because those who witness only see a small part of the creature. When you add elements such as poor lighting in the afternoon and distance, it's clear that recognizing a known creature is hard not to say a mythical creature.

Litte Mermaid (Little Fish), a statue, sits on a platform at the port of Copenhagen, Denmark. Sculpture sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the statue in 1913. (Photo: stockxpert)

The fishman has long fascinated seafarers. There are dozens of stories and statements about seeing fishmen. Most are fantasies and myths, such as the 'true' story of beautiful women married to sailors but later discovered to be disguised fishmen (as in 'Splash').

Other reports have been around for centuries, and there is often no clear evidence. For example. Captain Richard Whitbourne insists that he saw fishmen at St. Ben's. James of Newfoundland in 1610. Another story, from 1930 in Scotland, said that the boy had killed a fishman by throwing stones at it; This creature looks like a 3 or 4 year old child, but has a salmon tail and not a leg. The villagers buried this creature in a small coffin.

Fishman of PT Barnum

The con artists have used the story of fishmen to satisfy the public's interests; and the fact that no one has been discovered is just a small hassle.

Performance expert PT Barnium introduced the fishman to the staggering crowd in 1840: his famous 'fishman FeeJee', in fact just a fake product. The head and body of a small monkey are connected to the body and tail of a fish. This 'fishman' is really bizarre and strange - of course nobody has ever seen it before - but not at all compared to banners and billboards about a beautiful, semi-nude woman.

Other cases of fake fish appear quite a lot in history. Some are just manatees dressed like humans and displayed for profit.

Whether the Israeli fishman is real, either a hoax, or just a silly mistake, the fact of finding a fishman can be completely different from many people imagine, like what one Great Big Sea's band song shows. One of their famous songs, called 'Fishman', tells the story of a lonely sailor, seeking to flirt with a fishman:

'I love her with all my heart / But I just love the upper part / I don't love the tail!'.