Special effects company designs working mermaid tail for double-amputee. March 12, 2009— -- When a 4-year-old boy approached her at the beach to ask why she had no legs, Nadya Vessey ...

Double amputee Nadya Vessey will soon be able to swim like a mermaid with a specially-made tail that will let her propel herself through the water. The keen swimmer is to be fitted with the ...

A double amputee in New Zealand will soon be fitted with a mermaid-style tail made by special effects company Weta Workshop, which is credited with employing their creativity in the films 'Lord of ...

Most double amputees want prosthetic legs ... effects company and asked if they could help her make a tail — so she could become a mermaid, London’s Daily Mail reported. Weta Workshop, which ...

When asked about them, she said that she was a once mermaid; now with her prosthetic tail, she finally is one. Infatuated with the idea of being a mermaid, Vessey contacted Weta Workshop—the ...