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The Hibagon is a gorilla-like creature reported around Mount Hiba in the mountains of northern Hiroshima Prefecture. Witnesses in the early 1970s described an animal about 5 feet tall with dark bristly hair, a large nose, deep glaring eyes and pale hands and feet.
The sightings drew national press. The town of Saijo set up a Hibagon office to log reports, and local Boy Scouts said they found footprints about 10 inches long. Reports faded by the mid-1970s, but the Hibagon became a local mascot and still appears on signs and souvenirs.
What witnesses report
- Dark hair with pale hands and feet
- Gorilla-like face with deep-set eyes
- Footprints about 10 inches long
- Shy; flees from people
Famous cases
- 1970First wave of sightings
Mount Hiba, Hiroshima Prefecture - 1972Sazawa and Harada reports
Saijo, Hiroshima Prefecture
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