Case file · Cryptid
The giant ningyo of Yokata bay
Broadsheets of 1805 reported that a monstrous ningyo, about 11 m long with a woman's face and horns, was shot by 450 musketeers in Etchū province (Toyama).
1805 CE · 36.80, 137.05 · status: legend
The account
The sheet showed the creature with golden eyes and red hair and claimed it had been sinking fishing boats. Such kawaraban news-prints sold monster stories as spectacle.
The sceptical view
A sensational broadside; no official record of such a creature exists, though stranded whales or oarfish may have inspired some ningyo stories.