WEEKI WACHEE -- Barbara Wynns has never stopped thinking about the days she spent in an enormous water tank here, somersaulting and backflipping in a sequined tail fin while sucking air from a rubber ...
Mermaids have long captured the imaginations of humans, first appearing in Greek mythology more than 3,000 years ago. Although humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that long, ...
Once upon a time, seamen told tall tales of beautiful mermaid of unmarked seas. The general population concedes that the mythical creatures couldn’t exist. However, Early Show Anchor Jane Clayson ...
It’s Old Florida at its kitschy best – and yes, of course, you can purchase your own mermaid tail at the gift shop before you leave. “Fish Tails,” one of two daily shows, recaps some of the history of ...
The Weeki Wachee Springs auditorium sits 16 feet underground. Wooden benches face a glass wall, which stays shrouded in curtains. But three or four times a day, the curtains rise to reveal clear water ...
An hour’s drive from Tampa, Florida, there's a spring so deep that no one has ever found the bottom. And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that ...
Mermaids have long captured the imaginations of humans, first appearing in Greek mythology more than 3,000 years ago. Although humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that long, ...
When considering a mermaid’s career, one doesn’t tend to ponder the occupational hazards. Afternoon thunderstorms, for instance. During my recent visit, the weather threatened to inject unwelcome ...
When Clairol set out to promote its Great Body Conditioning Shampoo in 1971, the brand landed on the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs, an underwater tourist attraction that could only exist, for ...
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