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Back in 2000s, there was a legend in Uttar Pradesh, of a mysterious creature called Moohnochwa who was said to bite people's face off. Very similar to Monkey man of Delhi popular at same time , he was described as either a man or a monkey or a humanoid. Many people reported seeing this creature or being attacked by it. Things became so serious that even the government asked IIT to investigate. News at the time even report this creature to have come from a different place in a vehicle The fear it created had serious effects. Elderly men died of cardiac arrests. A villager killed his dog when he woke up at night to find something licking his face. Terrified people started staying awake at night, even banding together to form watch groups. One such vigilante group claimed that they had seen a flying creature. For some strange reason, IIT later claimed it was nothing but ball lightning. Makes you wonder if the creature was an imagination or he simply left. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/muhnochwa-scare-in-ups-rural-areas/articleshow/16304788.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/iitian-cracks-up-urban-legend/articleshow/1060276.cms

Anonymous

RJ

>>643 My such good post. And no anon replied.

Anonymous

ARYA

>>726 You should use more images, but good post still

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ARYA

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>>726 This is sarugami yokai from nippon, and there is some parallel between him and the mu nochwa that you mentioned. Wish we have them better and cooler names.

Anonymous

RJ

>>730 Thanks

Anonymous

RJ

>>731 Will check on this and get back to you

Anonymous

RJ

>>733 >When sarugami interact with humans it almost always ends in violence. Most legends follow a similar pattern: a sarugami kidnaps a young woman from a villager, and heroes are called upon to go into the wilderness and exterminate the sarugami. Like oni, giant snakes, and other monsters, sarugami are beasts meant to be slain by brave samurai. >Origin: According to folklorist Yanagita Kunio, sarugami are a prime example of “fallen” gods—spirits once revered as gods, but who have since been forgotten. These beliefs never entirely vanish, though, and such spirits often remain as degenerate versions of their former selves, i.e. yōka Very interesting. We do know in india many ppl worship monkeys. I wonder if this is a monkey celestial being that is upset at globalisation and non worship of monkeys

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ARYA

>>734 >We do know in india many ppl worship monkeys. The core difference comes from us worshipping langurs, who are not the same as the golden monkey that people see. Even sarugami is quite clearly a macauque. Yokai don't follow reason, they follow belief and their primal instinct. The sarugami probably despises human for it is not quite animal but not quite human.

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RJ

>>736 Why does monkey species matter here?