The Ningen, Manta Rays and More

The Ningen, Manta Rays and More

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives Elite, the guys start the show off talking about the Homie figurines and the origins of the slang word Homie. They also talk about baseball, Easy-E and other various topics. Then, they get into the news starting with a story about how a 15 year old and 3 other friends were pursued in the woods of North Carolina by something very large and very black. It moved faster than a black bear and to this day the witness believes it could possibly have been a Sasquatch or something worse.

Then, back in 2007 in northwest Wisconsin an avid outdoorsman had an encounter with a real life werewolf or dogman! They were out in the woods of course having themselves an airlift battle with friends when they spied something they will never forget. After the break, Cam brings up some unusual sightings of some very bizarre cryptids including the Ningen.

What started off as an anecdote posted in a popular Japanese online forum, has now led to a multitude of sightings and alleged video evidence of an aquatic, humanoid fish, said to be roughly the size of a whale. The Ningen, which translates literally to ‘human,’ is a 20-30 meter-long, bulbous creature that was originally spotted by a Japanese research vessel, off the coast of Antarctica. The creature is described as having a pale white, human-like figure with a torso, appendages, and fingers like ours, but with a mermaid-esque tail. It is also described as having minimal facial features with a small slitted mouth and two vacuous eyes.

The Ningen sea creature has been spotted primarily at night and in colder waters, leading some to believe that it has been hiding in the Arctic, beneath the ice. Some say that it may be a previously undiscovered species of albino ray, though the description of those who have encountered it is distinctly different. There are several lackluster videos and questionable photos circulating the internet that purport to show the Ningen sea creature in its natural environment, but like most cryptids, none provide definitive proof. Though that hasn’t warranted an abandonment of the search for this amphibious wraith.

All of this and more on this installment of Expanded Perspectives Elite!

Show Notes:

  • The Black Thing by the Creek https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2019/04/the-black-thing-by-creek.html
  • Upright Canine Attack in Northwest Wisconsin https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2019/04/upright-canine-attack-in-northwest.html
  • The Ningen https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/facts-about-the-ningen-the-creepiest-animal-youve-never-heard-of/

Music:

All music for Expanded Perspectives Elite is provided by The Black Angels http://theblackangels.com

Songs Used:

  • Temple of Light (Electus)
  • Speechless (Unwanted)
  • Orbital (Halcyon and On and On