| Hibagon | |
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Other Names |
Hibagon, Hinagon |
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First Appearance |
Japanese Local Legend (July 1970) |
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Created by |
Unknown |
Origin[]
The Hibagon or Hinagon is the Japanese equivalent of the North American Bigfoot or the Himalayan Yeti. Sightings have been reported since the 1970s around Mount Hiba in the Hiroshima Prefecture.
The Hibagon is described as a "black baked creature with white clay hands and large white feet, standing about five feet tall.", and has been said to resemble a gorilla.
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.
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." Japanese Boy Scouts, "claim to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide."
Hibagon has sometimes been classified as a yokai or a mountain kami. There are several primate like yokai that appear in scrolls & books from as early as the edo period (1700s) so some may theorize that the Hibagon is related to or is in-fact the same thing as these yokai. Examples of these yokai would include the Enko, the Hihi, or the Satori.
Notes[]
- 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.