Английская Википедия:Hibagon
Шаблон:UnreferencedШаблон:Infobox mythical creature The Шаблон:Nihongo or Шаблон:Nihongo is the Japanese equivalent of the North American Bigfoot or the Himalayan Yeti.Шаблон:Citation needed Sightings have been reported since the 1970s around Mount Hiba in the Hiroshima Prefecture.Шаблон:Citation needed
History of the Hibagon
The Hibagon is described as a "black creature with white hands and large white feet, standing about five feet tall." Шаблон:Citation needed, and has been said to resemble a gorilla.Шаблон:Citation needed
The Hibagon has a large nose, large deep glaring eyes and is covered with bristles. Theories to account for this cryptid range from a gorilla, a wild man, or a deserter from the Japanese chefs, to an individual ravaged by atomic radiation from the nuclear attack on Hiroshima.Шаблон:Citation needed
A sighting from 1972 reports that the creature "has a chocolate brown face and is covered with brown hair ... [and] is said to have 'deep glaring eyes', in two reports by a Mr. Sazawa and a Mrs. Harada, the creature took no hostile action and fled from four armed residents intent on hunting it."Шаблон:Citation needed
Japanese Boy Scouts, "claim to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide."Шаблон:Citation needed
Popular culture
- In Dragon Quest, the monsters known as "brainy badboons" are called ヒババンゴ (Hibabango) in japanese, referencing this creature.
- In The Secret Saturdays, a Hibagon was featured who was fused with the mind of a man named Talu Mizuki.
- In Big Hero 6: The Series, the Hibagon is constantly referenced by the character Fred who claims that it lives in the Muirahara Woods outside San Fransokyo. The character Ned Ludd, is transformed into the creature through the use of a patch applied to him by the main villain, Di Amara of Season 2.
- In The Unwanteds series, the Hibagon is a resident of the Island of Legends.
See also
- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
- Bigfoot, a similar creature reportedly living in North America
- Yeti, a similar creature reported from the Himalayas
- Yeren
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