Merman Mike Finds Womans Lost Wedding Ring

Transcript

00:00 Here we go.

00:01 A scuba diver plunges deep into murky water

00:04 with metal detector in hand.

00:07 47 feet below, he pulls out a flashlight and spots an oar,

00:10 but that's not what he's looking for.

00:12 He's on a mission to find this woman's wedding ring.

00:15 Jenny Bowles was swimming with her family

00:17 in Bass Lake near Yosemite National Park

00:20 when she turned to her husband.

00:22 I was like, "Oh no babe," I said,

00:23 "My ring's coming off."

00:24 He's all like, "No it's not."

00:26 I was like, "Yes it is, it's gone."

00:28 You must have thought it was gone forever.

00:29 I did, I cried, I cried that whole night.

00:32 It was, I was devastated.

00:33 Who to turn to for help?

00:35 Jeannie reached out to a local scuba diver,

00:37 Michael Pelle, also known as Merman Mike.

00:40 I had zero visibility for pretty much most of the dive.

00:43 I was finding anything and everything but the ring.

00:46 But this merman wasn't giving up.

00:48 At one point, he took off his glove

00:50 and used his bare hand to sift through

00:53 the bottom of the lake.

00:56 Three hours into his dive, success.

01:00 My brain clicks that I'm looking at a diamond

01:03 and not just another piece of trash.

01:05 Now it's time to take the treasure to the surface.

01:08 Up, up he goes.

01:10 (cheering)

01:11 Oh my God, it's back, thank you!

01:14 Thank you so much!

01:16 You are so welcome.

01:17 Now Jenny's wedding ring is back where it belongs,

01:20 thanks to a real life merman.

01:22 Woo, we found it!

01:24 We found it!

01:26 (dramatic music)

01:29 (dramatic music)

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