Are Japanese kappa real? Kappa are well-known monsters in Japan, and folklore has it that they lurk on the shore, drag children near the water's edge into the water, and devour their souls. In order to find out the true identity of the kappa, the explorer "Uncle Jie" came to Japan and met with a local anthropologist who told Uncle Jie that he had been taught not to play by the river since he was a child, otherwise he would be taken away by the kappa.
Although the anthropologist had gray hair, he was still convinced of the legend, because when he was young, two classmates drowned in the water, and he firmly believed that it was kappa who did it. So what does a kappa look like? It is said that his head resembled a plate, his back had a shell, and he had human hands, and all the Japanese were familiar with the monster, and even built a shrine for him to pray that his children would not be harmed by kappa. Uncle Jay arrives at the shrine and finally sees the kappa portrait, which is indeed a strange creature, very similar to humans, but quite strange in appearance.
The monk guarding the shrine told Uncle Jay that there was a place where the kappa mummy was placed not far away, and Uncle Jay naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and the mummy was in the house in front of him. Jay Kwon walked into this somewhat gloomy-looking hut with trepidation, what would the kappa mummy look like? In order to investigate the truth about the kappa, you Jay Quan came to Japan to check on the kappa mummy, everything here reveals a strange atmosphere, through the dark corridor, the kappa mummy appeared in front of Uncle Jie, even if it is a mummy, but still make people feel that he is staring at you.
In fact, this mummy was found on the roof of this house 50 years ago, and Uncle Jie painted his image in his own book, and he already had his own ideas in his heart, but it was not convenient to say it in the house. Later, Uncle Jay confided his true thoughts, and he thought it was obvious that this was not a real creature, but a patchwork of many animal fragments. Then he had a brief conversation with a professor at Kyoto University, and Uncle Jie learned that there are turtles living in the rivers of Japan, so could the turtle be the real kappa?
But the professor said that the largest turtle in Japan's rivers can grow to half a meter long, which is obviously not enough to become a water monster. However, another animal that the professor accidentally mentioned attracted Uncle Jie's attention, which was the dashan pepperfish, an endangered wild animal. Uncle Jie found an expert who studied the big mountain pepper fish, where he saw the skeleton of the big mountain pepper fish, which looked like a combination of catfish, eel and lungfish, and the fish had attacked humans many times.
In Japan, kappa is a monster known as Lu Xiao, who specializes in lurking at the water's edge, attacking unsuspecting children and dragging them into the water. Uncle Jie investigated all the way and learned about the big mountain pepper fish, and at this moment he and the big mountain pepper fish expert came to catch this precious fish, under the rock of the creek, Uncle Jie found a strange tail, he dived into the water, successfully caught this big mountain pepper fish. It turns out that the so-called big mountain pepper fish is the giant salamander, which is a kind of salamander. In Uncle Jay's hands, the giant salamander was constantly writhing to attack Uncle Jay, and now he was sure that this was the real body of the so-called kappa.
It looked like a fish, but it had limbs and human-like hands, but the salamander was a little small, and Uncle Jay wanted to catch a giant salamander larger enough to drag a small child into the water. In the evening, Uncle Jay finally had the harvest and caught a huge salamander, its head flat like a plate, with human limbs, and all indications were that the salamander was the prototype of the kappa.
It is no wonder that if you see such a creature at the water's edge, you certainly don't want your children to play in the water, almost all the horror legends, there are some flesh-and-blood truths behind them, and the mystery of the Japanese kappa is also unveiled by Uncle Jie? But Kusanagi jun felt that this seemed a little too simple and too smooth and illogical? Friends, what do you think? See you in our message area.