Zimbabwe water resources minister says reservoir project being held up due to mermaids

Um, what was that? Not sports related, unless you consider this fishing. But Water Resources Minister Sam Sipepa Nkomo told a senate committee in Zimbabwe that a major water project is being delayed because mermaids inhabit the reservoirs. And the only way to get rid of them is to brew traditional beer.

Um hmmmm.

Workers have reported mysterious disappearances in the region, while others claim to have been chased by the legendary creatures.

Nkomo told a senate committee that mermaids have been hounding government workers off dam sites in Mutare, Manicaland, and Gokwe, Midlands.

Though many are skeptical, some do firmly believe that mermaids exist in Zimbabwe.

Nkomo told a senate oversight committee that traditional chiefs are going to perform rituals to exorcise mermaids believed to inhabit reservoirs in Gokwe and Mutare where workers are afraid to tread.

Nkomo was quick to add that he didn’t believe in mermaids “in this part of the world,” but the Seventh Day Adventist Christian said that he would not interfere with the traditional beliefs of the workers. According to local chiefs, a spiritual cleansing ceremony must be done before workers will return to the sites.

And just where is that lazy bastard Aquaman? Typical.

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‘Mermaid’ sightings in Zimbabwe spark debate over traditional beliefs [Voice of America]
Mermaids stopping Govt work: Sipepa Nkomo [The Herald Online]