The Bigfoot Of Japan

Reports of mysterious hairy hominids originate from a wide range of countries, locales, and cultures, from all corners of the globe. They go by many names and come in many shapes and sizes, but whether they are called Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Almas, Orang Pendek, or any of their other myriad names, one thing that these hairy homnids share is that they turn up everywhere, from high snowy peaks, to tropical forests, in alpine forests, to the deepest, darkest swamps. However, sometimes we get reports of Bigfoot or some other type of hairy hominid from places where they really seem to have no business being. Is the island nation of Japan, too, home to it's own version of North America's Bigfoot? Japan is a land full of mountainous, wilderness terrain, but what are we to make of large hairy hominid accounts originating from this island nation? The "Japanese Bigfoot," commonly referred to as the Hibagon, is said to lurk in the forests of Mt. Hiba in Northern Hiroshima, from which it gains its namesake, as well as its surrounding wilderness. The Hibagon is typically described as being reddish brown or black in color, and sometimes reported as having a patch of white fur on its chest or arms. It is said to be a foul smelling and ugly creature, with a fierce face covered in bristles, a snub nose, and glaring, intelligent eyes. The ape-like face is sometimes said to be long and somewhat protruding rather than flat like a human's, and the head is often reported as proportionately large, and shaped somewhat like an inverted triangle.The Hibagon is much smaller than its North American counterpart, the Sasquatch, and is most commonly reported as around 5 feet in height and estimated as weighing about 180 pounds. The creature is also reported to be more ape-like and animalistic than the Sasquatch as well. The Hibagon is often described as looking more like a gorilla or giant monkey than human-like, and although it is most often seen moving bipedally, many reports tell of the creature moving about on all fours quite easily. Some eyewitnesses even claim the animal was hopping along "like a monkey." Other notable features of reports are the Hibagon's apparent curiosity, its lack of fear of people and the absence of any sort of vocalizations in the reports. The Hibagon is mostly known from a series of sightings in the Mt. Hiba area lasting from 1970 to 1982. Probably the first Hibagon sighting account occurred in early 1970, when a group of elementary school students out picking wild mushrooms in the forests of Mt. Hiba were terrified to come across an ape-like beast noisily crashing through brush nearby. The creature became perturbed at the presence of humans in its vicinity, and made some threatening gestures and snapped some branches, much like a gorilla's bluffing display it might be noted, before darting away into the underbrush. The children immediately rushed bak to their teacher to report what they had seen, but upon further investigation the creature was gone. All that remained in its wake were swaths of smashed underbrush and branches that seemed to have been twisted apart, something that would take far more strength than a school child would possess.Read more >>

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