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The Mermaid- a portmanteau of the Latin word 'sea' and the Middle English for woman- is (typical of the field) grossly misrepresented by literature and contemporary representation.

First discovered by Alexander the Great while campaigning in northern Egypt, the race of sea-dwelling humans immediately allied itself with his armies and aided him with whispered intelligence regarding the movement of his enemies on the ocean. Some evidence exists for a previous encounter by Achilles, consorting with the mermaid Thetis, during the war for Ilium. Achilles supposedly waved away suspicion from his fellow soldiers by claiming the creature was his motherly goddess.

Traders and master storytellers, mermaids are also the origin for the Platonic fable of 'Atlantis', a city which did in fact exist for a brief time on the island of Malta. Herodotus notes that the island is full of "those who swim with ease", an epithet denoting their gills and webbed armpits, toes, fingers, and groins. Apart from this, mermaids (and mermen) are simply human.

Dispatching a mermaid is fantastically difficult in the water. Their top speed was clocked by German sailors outside Narvik in spring of 1941 at 110 mph, and within water both projectiles and physical motion are both dearly slowed. Nevertheless there does exist a way to slay a mermaid with relative ease: the use of certain sonar beats. Mermaids have been decimated by the widespread use of sonar technology since its introduction in the early 30s, and most if not all have since retreated to deep caves within the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
>> Anonymous
>>799699

DO NOT WANT
>> Anonymous
bump for the return of one of /x/'s most beloved authors
>> Parting Thoughts HowToKill/x/ !eHtHhTTM12
the following is from the Bestiary's coda. Stanton's characteristically erudite prose made for the transcription a bit difficult, and to top it off I did some research on the life and times of the Bestiary's author. Stanton wrote snippets of an autobiography but the account ends abruptly around 1962. This was due to Stanton's own abrupt end in 1987. All that said, I annotated (extensively) the epilogue to the book, which was originally printed in an hopelessly obscure Coptic dialect familiar to the early Greek Christians.

It reads as follows:
>> Anonymous
I am a faggot
>> Anonymous
Ugh, webbed groins..
>> (notes marked by my initials) HowToKill/x/ !eHtHhTTM12
I finish this book in the spring of 1979. I am of two minds. On one hand, I feel great joy that such an extensive and accurate text has finally been printed. On the other, I mourn the sacrifices the tome entailed. Any perspicacious (SM- using the Greek sophos, which can also mean 'wise' or 'skilled') reader will have surely noted with occasional distaste my frequent asides into personal experience. Unfortunately these were as necessary as they were factual. My introduction to the field occurred in the early 30s (SM- his expeditions into the Middle and Near East with Miskatonic University and the Empire State faculty joint ventures, see 'Expedition to Ehudalel', et al). Fueled by my curiosity and propelled by chance, I soon became involved with Trevor Bruttenholm's wartime adventures (SM- this is a subtle reference to the OSS and later the BPRD. My own inquiries into Stanton's work with the Office of Strategic Services have all turned up nothing. His work is classified and sealed until 2045- a full 100 years after he stopped serving), which, thankfully, remain occult.

My debts to various grimoires and ancient texts aside, I must acknowledge the Carne Organization for offering me my own field office with which to continue research whilst assisting Carne's clientèle with various paranormal matters.
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>>800227

These are side notes written by the author
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>>800232
In sum, my life's work is in your hands. I assume some day these withered hands will begin to recount my life in more linear and detailed fashion, but that may never come to be (SM- a prediction which we know later became half-true) and so I must use this as my only chance to impel you, my captive, to the work which remains.

Many creatures, especially those not of Western canon, remain unexamined in detail. Scientific rigor and a personal bravery must be used in order to better understand the world openly derided by so many but known by a few as truly extent. This underworld, the paranormal, the occult, &c, possesses little in the way of presentable advocates. In some ways this is a fair thing: you wouldn't want every young mother to see what my eyes have seen, for instance. That said, this text may some day be deciphered (SM- imagine my surprise when I read this) and should that day come, I hope it will immediately flood into the boulevard, as Pericles would say, where all good things must go.

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

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Charles Ian Stanton, April 18th, 1979.
>> HowToKill/x/ !eHtHhTTM12
that's it. no more HTKs (by me at least).

the vast majority of you couldn't give a shit, and now, neither could i.
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>>800251
lol butthurt fgt
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>>800248
that's it? that's the end?
>> Anonymous
goodbye, htk
>> A Noun You'd Miss
Let's rewrite them to be like those SCP's.

Except it could be SQP's (Special Quarentine Procedures) since the emphasis is to kill and not subdue.

I'd do it, but I don't have the other HTK's. I shoulda saved it too in hindsight.
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>>800592
great idea
>> Anonymous
>>800592
Terrible idea, SCP Sucks.
>> Anonymous
>>799699

Is it just me. or does she look a Little too Happy to be Dead and preserved. Id Bang.
>> Anon Toffee
Bullshiiiiiiiiiiiit !

If Mermaids existed there'd be Mermaid porn !
>> Anonymous
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

MERMAIDS GETTING KILLED BY A HIGH PITCHED 'PING'!
>> Anonymous
>>799699Dispatching a mermaid is fantastically difficult in the water.

What about fucking one?
>> Anonymous
>>802262
Fantastically easy.
>> Anonymous
My Mom tells me a story of my Grandfather. Pepe Givovich.
My grandfather was an underwater engineer and travelled alot with his family.ill cut to the chase.

around 1958 My grandfather was staying at a village north of chile by the shore. one day A villager came in a panic and was yelling to everyone of a "fishman" in the water caught in the discarded nets of the fishermen. My Grandfather rushed to see what it was. And what he saw is what you see in the OP's pic of a marine type human. but looking more exactly like the mermaid/man pictures you see on youtube.com when you type in "paranormal" and look at slideshows of different beings and beasts.that looked dried up.

My grandfather cut the ropes. but while he was cutting them he clearly remembers hearing the creature "weeping" crying if you will. he released the creature and it swam away. to this day my grandfather and my mother's side of the family never forget the events of that day.
trust me its not copy pasta. Pepe Givovich my grandfather had many stories to tell of his underwater discoveries. RIP grandpa
>> Anonymous
OP from old thread here. Thanks so much for coming back.
Strangley enough I just posted another one of your stories just here>>802329
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the is an unmarked grave here in scotland for a mermaid that was killed by some guy who chucked a rock at it.