Thread: Yokai in Japan

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Here’s an interesting story about preserved monsters, or yokai, in Japan.

CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: RICHARD FREEMAN: The Preserved Yokai of Japan

Sweet find!

Those appear to be gaffs, similar to the famous fiji mermaid. Makes me wonder if that's where Barnum found the thing to begin with...

Still, nice to see.

Interesting but hard to believe.

"Kappa will often challenge an unsuspecting human to a sumo match and easily overpower them with it’s magickal brawn. The defeated victim would have his bowels devoured after they were ripped from his anus. Animals would be killed by kappas in this way as well. Kappa was particularly fond of the shirikodama, a fabled ball said to be found near the anus."

Woah.....

I bet Kappa is a popular guy on the bar scene.