You may have heard of demons, mermaids and monks, but have you heard of tengu’s kappa’s and raij?’s?

All these things lurk in Buddhist monasteries and temples across Japan, in the form of mummies!

The website Pink Tentacle recently did an article which was also features on Coast to Coast AM which shows a number of mummies of these fantastical creatures. Some of them have been proven to be fake, but others still elude scientific evidence.

So take an amble over to the Pink Tentacle site and check out these mysterious remains by clicking:

Monster mummies of Japan

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