A reasonable open-minded person, after doing further research, would recognize that there is way more than two stories which speak of a global flood.....over 260, sharing many of the details! And these stories are world-wide, some even coming from land-locked areas, where flooding is non-existent (so historical experience can't be assumed as an explanation.)
Have you ever considered the numerous "Day of the Dead" celebrations, from many different cultures worldwide, most of which are held in October /November, corresponding w/ the time of year the Flood occurred?
References will be forthcoming. Soon.
Goodnight.
Way more than two accounts of mermaids and dragons.
A reasonable and open minded person would note
that there is no physical evidence in geology or biology
for the "flood".
They would also note the data that is wholly inconsistent
with the "flood" model.
They would not employ grossly inconsistent standards for
evidence that disproves theories. ( see "Cambrian" as
disproof of ToE) v polar ice disproving "flood".
Reasonable people do not find it necessary to hand wave
all research methods that dont dance to their tune.
Oh, and open minded intellectually honest do not do
conclusion first then try to make such frozen mammoths
force fit as proof.