Man, was this episode a trip? Fair warning there may be some odd cuts ahead, there were plenty of technical difficulties and cat difficulties thrown in. The setbacks didn't stop our host from bringing you some really cool creatures from the great state of Hawaii. Bailey asks the question, "Do you want to play mermaids?" with the story of the Mermaid of Kaiwi Point. Then Dani takes us back a bit in time to the probably, most definitely, real Menehune who built some really cool and long-standing structures on the islands. 

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Mermaid of Kaiwi Point:

https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/25/real-world-mermaid-created-by-weta-workshop/

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/the-sirens.html

https://hawaiianislands.com/big-island/things-to-do/jacks-diving-locker/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/st8l2w/jeff_leichers_apparent_mermaid_photos/

https://www.jacksdivinglocker.com/en/the-mermaid-story

https://books.google.com/books?id=kfADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=kaiwi+point+mermaid&source=bl&ots=n1Y6_ienNn&sig=ACfU3U3tDUmbJSOzgvvQiGDC1-u6tuXwxg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBpNSMwsD7AhUck2oFHRqhBJwQ6AF6BAhKEAM#v=onepage&q=kaiwi%20point%20mermaid&f=true

Menehune:

https://kawaiola.news/ka-naauao-o-na-kupuna/the-menehune-a-true-race-of-people/

https://www.to-hawaii.com/legends/menehune.php

https://www.worldhistory.org/Menehune/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7FAWy9cexQ

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/arts-culture/2018-12-25/menehune-clever-burly-little-people

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states/article/hawaii-1