Elle, originally from Puerto Rico but who now lives in Miami, Florida said: "I was scared of the ocean and the water - I never saw myself as a mermaid at first. "I took three months of swimming ...
April 19 (UPI) --A swimmer known as "Mermaid Merle" took a record-breaking 30-mile swim in Florida while wearing a monofin. Merle Liivand, who earned the nicknames "Mermaid Merle" and "Eco Mermaid ...