Have you seen this mermaid?

A mermaid washes onshore at Lido Beach.


  • By
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 30, 2016
Courtesy photo. Belle Babcock
Courtesy photo. Belle Babcock
  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • Share

Don’t adjust your screen — or paper. That’s a mermaid you see perched on the rocks at Lido Beach.

This redheaded, green-tailed, purple-clamshell-bra-clad mermaid who surfaced Friday afternoon isn’t a character from your favorite Disney movie. She’s 13-year-old Belle Babcock, who has her own Disney princess cosplay business.

Babcock, who purchases and also creates her own costumes, delights in taking her princess personas to the public. She can be spotted out and about during the summer dressed as Ariel from “The Little Mermaid.”

“I just like being Ariel, and I think making little kids smile is a lot of fun,” Babcock said.

She even sings lyrics from “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World.”

Her favorite part of dressing up as Ariel: the hair.

“I love her red hair, and I love how bubbly she is,” Babcock said.

Turtle Tracks 

As of June 25

Total Nests

Nests 2016
Lido Beach  64
Siesta Key 196
Casey Key  911


Nests 2015
Lido Beach  53
Siesta Key  260
Casey Key  673


False Crawls 2016 
Lido Beach  65
Siesta Key  640
Casey Key   1388


False Crawls 2015
Lido Beach   86
Siesta Key   278
Casey Key    583

 

Latest News

Sponsored Content