Weeki Wachee Mermaid Severely Injured by Boat Propeller

Hernando Today ^ | August 23, 2013 | Matt Reinig

[mylife]

OUCH!

[UnwashedPeasant]

her personal motto is: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one reached in life, but by the obstacles which he has overcome.”

Sounds like she has known suffering before.

[nuconvert]

I didn’t think mermaids had legs.

[latina4dubya]

Ooh... poor thing... a leg injury like that can certainly be life threatening...

[nickcarraway]

[latina4dubya]

Aye, aye, aye...

[nickcarraway]

Must have been really painful. I wonder what happened, since it implies two other mermaids fell in too.

[yarddog]

I remember one of our college cheerleaders became a mermaid there. She was very athletic and also really, really, pretty.

[Delta 21]

Sorry, didn’t hear a word you said.

[latina4dubya]

If she had been wearing a mermaid costume, she would have been vulnerable with her legs pretty much bound together... difficult to balance...

[nickcarraway]

Good point. And it must be hard to balance.

[Secret Agent Man]

I pray she doesn’t get a life threatening infection from this. Lots of people pick up the flesh-eating junk in the gulf waters when they have open wounds.

[gitmo]

James 1:2 is the applicable Bible verse.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

[Vendome]

Babe!!!

I must make a pilgramage hastily and be a good Mench....

[babygene]

Good thing she was in a pontoon boat. Around Hudson and Bayonet Point, It’s tough to get in and out at low tide.

I grew up in that area and my folks ran a shrimp boat out of Hudson FL.

[reg45]

With all the swimmers and fish in close proximity, why don’t they use jet boats instead of propeller boats?

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I live a stone’s throw from there.

[martin_fierro]

Not Guilty.

[DainBramage]

It’s obvious what kept her afloat.