🙌One of the most amazing and interesting stories I've heard about South Africa is the legend of the mermaids in the Karoo. The Karoo is a vast semi-desert area that covers a lot of the western half of the country – and is divided into the Groot Karoo (which means the ‘large’ Karoo in Afrikaans) in the north, and much more fertile, smaller Klein Karoo of the south. Many locals claim to have spotted African- American mermaids combing their hair alongside a mountain rock pool. 💭Consider this though...250 million years ago the beautiful landscape of the Klein Karoo was COMPLETELY underwater! When the oceans receded, they left behind a fertile valley that’s nestled between the Swartberg, Langeberg and Outeniqua mountains – where mountain springs trickle into the rock pools, and carve out the underground caverns that are said to have provided sanctuary for these beings! 🔦Explorers have uncovered rudimentary tools and hearth sites in the mouth of the Cango Caves, indicating that our ancestors knew about this underground wonder-world as long as 80K years ago. The Klein Karoo was the home of the Khoi-san people, and rock paintings have been discovered that depict fish-tailed humans – suggesting that the legend of the Karoo mermaid has been around for centuries! Some of you may have ancestors that originate from these beings, you will be the ones naturally drawn to water or have a lot of dreams of being underwater ect..there are actually people born with webbed feet amongst other things..ijs #AsAboveSoBelow #WeAreEverthing #WeWereEverywhere #KnowYourAncestors #SoManyAmazingThingsHaveBeenHidden