Mermaid of Pendine: "There have been reports of a monsterous fish, that appeared in the form of a woman near Gybnanes Point, Pendine, Carmarthenshire. The creature was first sighted by Thomas Reynolds from Pendine, who then called others to witness the creature. Dr. William Saunders of Pendine later examined Reynolds and some of the other witnesses declaring them of sound mind.
Stories of mermaids were fairly common during the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and there is even reference to a sighting in the journal of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) for 9 January 1493. It was believed that mermaids could save sailors from drowning but could also lure ships to their doom."
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