In Yamagata Prefecture on Honshu island, Japan, there is a small, isolated body of water by the name of Otori-ike 大鳥池, (literally translated as Otoro Pond), which lies high in the mountains, 1,000 meters above sea level. Despite its Japanese name (“ike” means “pond”), and its modest size, the limnology of Otori-ike is in fact
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. Read more »
The rivers and lakes of Japan are have long been the haunts of a wide variety of strange creatures of all shapes and sizes. Although many of these have been regulated to the realm of pure folklore and myth, there are others that have transcended beyond mere legend and become thought of as something more. Read more »