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|Image_Caption = Japanese book cover depicting the Hibagon |
|Image_Caption = Japanese book cover depicting the Hibagon {{citation needed}} |
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|Sub_Grouping = [[Hominid]] |
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The {{nihongo|'''Hibagon'''|ヒバゴン|}} or {{nihongo|'''Hinagon'''|ヒナゴン|}} is the Japanese equivalent of the [[Bigfoot]] or [[Yeti]]. |
The {{nihongo|'''Hibagon'''|ヒバゴン|}} or {{nihongo|'''Hinagon'''|ヒナゴン|}}{{citation needed}} is the [[Japanese]] equivalent of the [[North American]] [[Bigfoot]]{{citation needed}} or the [[Himalayan]] [[Yeti]].{{citation needed}} |
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==History of the Hibagon== |
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==Description== |
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The Hibagon is described as a ''"black creature with white hands and large white feet, standing about five feet tall."''{{citation needed}} |
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| ⚫ | Sightings have been reported in ''"forested, mountainous areas of the country,"'' <ref name="crypto">{{cite web | last = Coleman | first = Loren | coauthors = Huyghe, Patrick | title = Hibagon | url = http://www.cryptozoology.com/glossary/glossary_topic.php?id=186 | accessdate = 2005-10-25 }}</ref> around [[Mount Hiba]]{{citation needed}} in the [[Hiroshima Prefecture]]{{citation needed}} and has been said to resemble a [[gorilla]].<ref name="Newton_2005">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Hibagon | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide | author = Newton, Michael | pages = 195 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | date = 2005 | id = ISBN 0-7864-2036-7 }}</ref> |
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The creature is reported to look like an ape and smell like decaying flesh. It is said to live in low shrubbery on the foothills of Mt. Hiba and also areas around Hibayama National Park. A typical sighting says that it is about five feet tall with a face shaped like an inverted triangle. The Hibagon has a snub 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 army, to an individual ravaged by atomic radiation from the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. A sighting from 1972 reports that the creature has a chocolate brown face and is covered with brown hair. Although the Hibagon 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. Japanese Boy Scouts claimed to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide. As with most hominid cryptids, the Hibagon is said to have a most unpleasant stench, like a decomposing human body.<ref name="Bord_1981">{{cite book | title = Alien Animals | author = Bord, Janet & Bord, Colin | pages = 258 | publisher = Stackpole Books | date = 1981 | id = ISBN 0-8117-2181-7 }}</ref><ref>''[[Metropolis (free magazine)|Metropolis]]'', "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.</ref> |
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==Popular culture== |
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''"The Hibagon has a snub 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 army, to an individual ravaged by atomic radiation from the nuclear attack on Hiroshima."'' {{citation needed}}</blockquote> |
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*This creature was featured in the 2005 movie, ''Dear Hinagon'', directed by Takayoshi Watanabe. |
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* In ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'', a [[Cartoon Network]] animated series about [[cryptids]], debuting in episode "The Vengeance of Hibagon" after a scientist's brain was transplanted in the monster's body and was a recurring character since. |
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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."''{{citation needed}} |
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* In ''[[Back at the Barnyard]]'', a [[Nickelodeon]] animated series about [[talking animals]], debuting in episode "Otis Vs. Bigfoot" a parody version of the Hibagon where there is a bigfoot who can fly and can make origami at the end of the show there was song about bigfoot. |
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[[Japanese]] [[Boy Scouts]], ''"claim to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide."''{{citation needed}} |
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As with ''"most [[hominid]] [[cryptids]], the Hibagon is said to have a most unpleasant stench, like a decomposing human body."''<ref name="Bord_1981">{{cite book | title = Alien Animals | author = Bord, Janet & Bord, Colin | pages = 258 | publisher = Stackpole Books | date = 1981 | id = ISBN 0-8117-2181-7 }}</ref><ref>''[[Metropolis (free magazine)|Metropolis]]'', "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 22:39, 6 December 2011
| Grouping | Cryptid |
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| Sub grouping | Hominid |
| Other name(s) | ヒナゴン (Hinagon) |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Mount Hiba, Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Habitat | Forest |
The Hibagon (ヒバゴン) or Hinagon (ヒナゴン)[citation needed] is the Japanese equivalent of the North American Bigfoot[citation needed] or the Himalayan Yeti.[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."[citation needed]
Sightings have been reported in "forested, mountainous areas of the country," [1] around Mount Hiba[citation needed] in the Hiroshima Prefecture[citation needed] and has been said to resemble a gorilla.[2]
"The Hibagon has a snub 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 army, to an individual ravaged by atomic radiation from the nuclear attack on Hiroshima." [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."[citation needed]
Japanese Boy Scouts, "claim to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide."[citation needed]
As with "most hominid cryptids, the Hibagon is said to have a most unpleasant stench, like a decomposing human body."[3][4]
References
- ^ Coleman, Loren. "Hibagon". Retrieved 2005-10-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Newton, Michael (2005). "Hibagon". Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 195. ISBN 0-7864-2036-7.
- ^ Bord, Janet & Bord, Colin (1981). Alien Animals. Stackpole Books. p. 258. ISBN 0-8117-2181-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Metropolis, "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.
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