It’s 1970 and Japan is still rebuilding from the scars of war. Deep in the misty Chugoku Mountains of Hiroshima Prefecture, on a lonely road hugging the edge of Mount Hiba, a truck driver is heading home under a blood-red sunset. His headlights cut through the fog… and something steps out.
This is no bear nor is it a man but rather a hulking, ape-like shadow – five feet tall, covered in dark bristly fur, with glaring intelligent eyes that lock onto his. It crosses the road in two heart-stopping seconds and vanishes into the trees. He slams the brakes when the stench hits him – rotting meat and wet earth. That night, he tells anyone who’ll listen so that within weeks, the entire region is gripped by “Hibagon fever.”
For five years, the Bigfoot of Hiroshima – the creature locals named the Hibagon – haunted these mountains. It never hurt a soul… but it refused to stay hidden.
Today, join us as we drive within the mists of Japan to relive the true encounters that terrified a people… and left a mystery that cryptid hunters are still chasing fifty years later.