At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.
MERFOLK IN SOUTH AMERICA
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| Merfolk of Patagonia |
As you may know, I have always been interested in the possibility that the Mermaid legend had behind it an as yet undiscovered humanoid that dwelt in the sea.
A Spanish writer noted that in 1632 a mermaid had been reported a number of times off Chiloe in Chile. She was carrying a child. She had long fair hair (or a mane), breasts like those of a human female and the tail and back of a fish.
This mermaid was identified with Pincoya, a South American legendary mermaid, who, with her husband Pincoy, was supposed to rule part of the sea. Her father was a merman called Epuange or Millalomo, himself the hybrid of a sea-lion and a woman.
I have taken this information from the website Patagonian Monsters, operated by Lawrence Whittall.
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