Japan: A white monster and a bird-dog hybrid monster. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century.

The black creature on the right was born by a dog that mated with a bird in the city of Fukuoka in the early 1740s. Next to the bird-dog hybrid is an amorphous white monster, also encountered in Fukuoka, which is said to have measured about 180 centimeters (6 ft) across. People at the time believed this creature was a Tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog) that had shape-shifted. The Kaikidan Ekotoba is a mid-19th century handscroll that profiles 33 legendary monsters and human oddities, mostly from the Kyushu region of Japan, but with several from other countries, including China, Russia and Korea. The document, whose author is unknown, is in the possession of the Fukuoka City Museum.

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