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Eric, the man obsessed with mermaids.

Eric Ducharme, a 22-year-old boy, does not just like the mythical sea creatures, he wants to be one. He is completely obsessed with mermaids. He swims more than an hour and a half three times a week with a special tail. The certified scuba diver, named like the prince in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, free-dives in the water with his lower half wrapped in the prosthetic – holding his breath up to four minutes at a time.
He also said that it’s his lifestyle, the path in life that he chosen. When he put that tail, he enter in a different world, his own world. He said: “It’s taken me a really long time to understand my place in life. Being underwater, I feel like I’m away from the world”. Eric’s boyfriend told on US TV show My Strange Obsession about the first time he found out about his lover’s interest. He said: “When I first met Eric I was introduced to the subject of mermaids on our first date. Your jaw just kind of drops and you’re like, ‘Wow!’
“When we go swimming I don’t even see him because he swims off to his own little corner. It’s all about getting away from the rest of the world.
“Sometimes we get those people with the scolding looks because they’re just lie ‘Why is there a guy in a tail, it’s supposed to be a girl.’”
But Eric’s family supports him, with mum Candy saying: “We all have our own passions – that’s Eric’s life.” Video: