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词条 Hibagon
释义

  1. History of the Hibagon

  2. Popular culture

  3. See also

  4. References

{{Infobox mythical creature
|name = ヒバゴン (Hibagon)
|image = Itoshi no Hinagon (book cover).jpg
|Similar_creatures = Bigfoot, Yeti
|caption = Japanese book cover depicting the Hibagon {{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
|AKA = ヒナゴン (Hinagon)
|Country = Japan
|Region = Mount Hiba, Hiroshima Prefecture
|Habitat = Forest
|First_Reported =
|Last_Sighted =
|Status = Local Legend
}}

The {{nihongo|Hibagon|ヒバゴン|}} or {{nihongo|Hinagon|ヒナゴン|}}{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} is the Japanese equivalent of the North American Bigfoot{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} or the Himalayan Yeti.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} Sightings have been reported since the 1970s[1] around Mount Hiba in the Hiroshima Prefecture.{{fact|date=February 2017}}

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|date=December 2011}}, and has been said to resemble a gorilla.{{fact|date=February 2017}}

"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." {{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

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|date=December 2011}}

Japanese Boy Scouts, "claim to find footprints 25 cm (10 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) wide."{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Popular culture

  • In Dragon Quest the monsters known as "brainy badboons" are called ヒババンゴ (Hibabango) in japanese, referencing this creature.

See also

{{Portal|Japan}}
  • List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
  • Bigfoot, a similar creature reported from North America
  • Yeti, a similar creature reported from the Himalayas

References

1. ^see entry {{lang|ja|ヒバゴン}} in Digital Daijisen
{{Japanese folklore long}}

4 : Culture in Hiroshima Prefecture|Japanese legendary creatures|Legendary mammals|Mythological monsters

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