Case file · Cryptid
Ningen, the Antarctic 'human'
In May 2002 posts on the occult board of the Japanese forum 2channel told of white, humanoid giants seen in Antarctic waters by crews of Japanese research whaling ships.
2002 CE · -66.00, 60.00 · status: legend
The account
The stories grew with edited photos and Google Earth 'sightings' and became a modern internet legend, retold in Japanese magazines and on English-language websites. Position approximate (Antarctic whaling grounds).
The sceptical view
No photograph has survived scrutiny, and the tale has all the marks of an anonymous internet creepypasta; icebergs and whales are the usual suspects.