We are facing one of the most famous urban legends of the Artico .If you thought that this type of stories focused exclusively on nearby typical scenarios of the big cities, maybe we should invent a new term for this belief so strange and at the same time so unique that many maintain after witnessing an almost inexplicable phenomenon. The Ningen , the so-called humanistic creatures of the Arctic.
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A mermaid? A whale? A monster? No, it's a Ningen!
To understand a little more every urban legend, we have to go to its origin and intuit how the rumor spread and know, well, what basis it has for real and how far it goes his fantasy.The word "Ningen" has its origin in the Japanese language and simply means "human" .This is explained because it was in the mid-90s, when a group of fishermen, who worked in Pacific waters, suddenly sighted a huge creature in the waters.It should measure 30 meters, it was white and had as spectacular as strange forms.
Good Surely you will be telling yourself, El Pacifico? But weren't we talking about the Arctic? That's right, the reality is that these creatures are usually seen both in the Pacific, as in the Antarctic and even in the South Atlantic area, off the coast of Namibia .There are several sightings witnessed and there are even several videos on Youtube of poor quality where you try to prove the existence of these beings.
But how is it in really a ningen? Those who have seen this creature describe it as an immense whale that can range from 30 to 90 meters.Incredible, isn't it? It's completely albino, with very soft skin and a very similar head to the classical beluga, however, his body has appendixes very similar to those of the human body, as if he had something similar to arms and legs ...They also have large eyes, a huge mouth and usually rise to the surface at night.
The origin of a legend
It all started in the wake of a popular Japanese Internet forum known as 2channel. One of the Users who said they were working for a whale research vessel, explained how their encounter with other researchers was with the supposed Ningen. At first they believed that It was a white submarine, but little by little they realized that the great mass that ascended from the depths was alive and that it breathed.It is also said that they took several photographs that, for the moment, are not going to be published, because the research The scientist is still going on.After that testimony, the fuse was lit so that the figure of the Ningen would gain even more strength.
But what do the scientists tell us? Biologists, in fact, are unable to give an explanation without having such a creature before them.Their assessments can only be based on very diverse descriptions, given by witnesses not always reliable, everything must be said, but even so some venture to deduce that perhaps it is an unknown species of giant albino ray .We know that the ocean is as vast as it is unknown, that there are still unexplored sea graves and that we do not yet know all the marine species that inhabit in our oceans.
Why not admit then the possibility that it is a being not yet known? Perhaps a line that until recently has survived between floating icebergs and other frozen Arctic masses? It could be, but the descriptions tell us about creatures of huge sizes.And beings so great would have been seen at some time in the past.Besides, apparently, the sightings of Ningen are limited to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
What do you think? Can it be an ancient species that has now emerged from the depths? Or is it a simple urban legend of the oceans? We await your comments! Meanwhile, he also knows the mystery of the cold finger of the Arctic's death.
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