As you may have heard last week, Los Angeles Rams defensive end Will Hayes has some interesting (translation: totally absurd) views on mystical and pre-historic creatures. He doesn’t think dinosaurs ever existed because no one has ever seen them, but he believes in mermaids because, hey anything’s possible!
In Hayes’ words, “All that fucking water out there, there’s gotta be one motherfucking—some type of creature out there that’s got half woman, half damn tail.”
Anyway, one local Pacific-Coast mermaid must have seen all the fuss and decided to visit the one person on Earth who believes she exists, because…
The William Hayes Mermaid Support Group pic.twitter.com/qA9QKn59A0
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 22, 2016
Now obviously this was a big moment for Hayes, confirmation of something he believes in but has been mercilessly mocked for. So the defensive end walked over and gave a hug to the flattered fish-lady.
Will Hayes has a special visitor at practice today! #SaveTheMermaids pic.twitter.com/8Fr2HniahU
— Dani Klupenger (@daniklup) August 22, 2016
So obviously that was a big day for Hayes. It’s not often you get to get absolute confirmation of your deepest-held convictions. It’s kind of in “Independence Day” when the crazy guy who always talked about aliens found out he wasn’t crazy after all. Or like this…
https://twitter.com/JOEL9ONE/status/767909487638347776
Congrats to Hayes. Now let’s get that mermaid back ♪ Under the Sea. ♪
