It's aquatic. It's humanoid. It's arguably a mermaid. It was invented by anonymous forum posters and somehow ended up in a paranormal magazine next to a "real" 1958 sighting. This week we chase the Ningen from 2chan to Antarctica to your Pokédex, and detour through the wider world of monsters the internet built from scratch.

CW: Whaling, Survival Situation Talk

Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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