tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post1582130785094386454..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: DALE DRINNON ON MARINE MONKEYS AND MERFOLKUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-30230557472980311692011-07-23T21:16:40.791+01:002011-07-23T21:16:40.791+01:00A similar creature to the Merbeing is the Selkie, ...A similar creature to the Merbeing is the Selkie, which is supposedly a seal that can doff its sealskin to reveal a human beneath. A theory regarding the origin of selkie belief (in Scotland particularly) is that the odd Lapp has drifted south from Norway in his kayak, clad in a sealskin coat.<br /><br />Some quite credible reports of Merfolk describe animals who look remarkably like the traditional type. In the Orkney Islands they believe in Finfolk - the men have legs, but the women look like mermaids. See Wikipedia article.Ego Ronanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473992719456848761noreply@blogger.com