Look, Up In the Sky! It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…It’s a Skyfish?

Believe it or not, the Japanese have a long history with the paranormal. Stretching back as far as their written history, they’ve reported through pictures, writings and word-of-mouth their extraordinary encounters with the supernatural.

Nowadays, why bother with such mundane media to broadcast paranormal reports when there are video cameras and the internet?

With the advent of the camcorder has come the discovery of an undulating, rod-like creature that supposedly lives among us as we go about our daily lives. Reportedly too fast to be seen by the naked eye, this nigh invisible creature’s presence can only be seen on video footage. This “skyfish“, aka, rod, aka, solar entity, is a recent entry into the cryptozoology books.

As stated before, this creature is too fast to be seen unaided but they’re supposedly all around us, everyday. In Japan, these skyfish have made an impact on the Japanese paranormal scene. They’ve not only made their way into anime by making appearances in the Eureka Seven anime, but they’ve also been featured in video games and music.

Though skyfish “live” (no one knows if they’re really alive) all across the globe, the majority of specialists who claim to be able to catch these elusive phenomena live in Japan.

TV in Japan has two videos of a Japanese skyfish wrangler at work.

Regardless of whether or not skyfish really do exist, there’s no denying that some people believe they do and that the bulk of those people live in Japan. What do you think? Are skyfish real or are they just an interesting footnote in the Japanese subculture?