Chapter 5 super raccoon theory

Before Ippei Kongshan went to elementary school, he went to play in the countryside of Wakayama with his mother.There is his mother's hometown, and the signboard of "Inoue Hotel" hangs at the door of the house.It is said to be a hotel, but in fact, food and daily necessities are also readily available.Surrounded by mountains, having a store like this is a great help to the local residents.There are Yiping's grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt and cousin who live in the shop. Despite their warm hospitality, Yiping was not very happy.His cousin is much older than him, and he has no playmates.And he has been playing in urban parks all the time, and he doesn't know how to get close to nature.

One day, Yiping ran to the warehouse of the store to play.He has no purpose, but he is bored all day long, watching TV is also boring, and he just wants to kill time. The warehouse is stacked with wine bottles and cartons.He stared absently, seeing something moving out of the corner of his eye. The thing quickly hid behind the refrigerator.The refrigerator was not a domestic type, but a commercial refrigerator with a glass door on the top. Is it a cat?Yiping thought to himself, the size is about the same as a cat. He looked intently at the corner where the little animal was hiding, but the light was dim and he couldn't see anything.He tried tapping on the refrigerator.

There was a "chirp—" cry from behind the refrigerator. It wasn't a cat or a dog, it was a sound he had never heard before. Yiping knocked on the refrigerator several times, and every time there was a cute cry of "Jiujiu".Yiping wanted to find out what animal it was, but it still refused to come out from the back of the refrigerator. The matter was never mentioned to anyone.At dinner that night, he asked his uncle: "Uncle, what kind of animals are there?" The uncle, who was blushing from drinking beer, kindly replied: "A lot, there are foxes, and civet cats too."

"Hey, there are civet cats?" "Yes, there are many." "You'll know when you go around the back mountain. You can have as much as you want." Grandpa also said. Then it must be a civet cat, Yiping thought.If it's a fox, the cry should be "Woo--". After dinner, he came to the warehouse again, knocked on the refrigerator, and heard "Jiujiu" soon after.He returned to the kitchen, put some rice in the palm of his hand, walked into the warehouse again, and scattered the rice behind the refrigerator. "Good night, Xiaojiu." After saying that, he left.

Yiping's intimate relationship with Xiaojiu lasted until he returned home.He never saw Xiaojiu, only heard the voice from behind the refrigerator.He also thought about removing the refrigerator, but the child couldn't move it at all.He didn't want to ask adults for help.He felt that if adults knew that there was an animal hiding there, they would definitely drive it away without saying a word. The night before leaving, Yiping came to the warehouse, stood in front of the refrigerator, and threw a few peanuts behind. "Goodbye, Xiaojiu. I have to go back tomorrow. You have to take care of yourself and be careful not to be discovered."

Then he knocked on the refrigerator as usual, but this time there was no response.Just when he felt strange and was about to knock again, a small shadow flashed out from behind the refrigerator, ran swiftly across the floor, and jumped onto the pillar.There was a small open window near the ceiling, and it ran there in one breath. "Little Chirp!" Yiping yelled. The little animal turned its head once at the window frame.In the dim light, I couldn't see its appearance clearly, only the dark pupils reflected the moonlight, flashing light for an instant. Yiping hurried outside, and when he looked up, Xiaojiu had jumped out of the window.

He was startled, but Xiao Jiu didn't fall to the ground, but flew straight to the direction of the mountain lightly.That way of flying, neither like a bird nor like a bat, was something he had never seen before. The civet cat flew away, he thought.As for the possibility that Xiao Jiu might not be a civet cat, he never thought about it at all. At first, Yiping thought that Xiao Jiu was an elf.He remembered the animation "Moomin Family" (a series of calls created by Finnish writer and painter Tove Jansson).There are all kinds of elves living in Moominvalley, and most of them are animals in appearance. The main character, Moomin, looks like a hippopotamus.

But Moomin can't fly.Yiping thought that the flying ones should be elves like butterflies. Later he understood that elves are just products of imagination.Someone abroad claimed to have photographed elves, but unfortunately, it was forged. So what exactly is Xiaojiu?Since it is not an elf, why can civet cats fly?Yiping kept thinking about this question, and finally thought of something. According to the legend, isn't the civet cat playing tricks on people? It is also said that civet cats can transform into various forms at will. Yiping thinks that the civet cat didn't play tricks on him, and he believes that Xiaojiu would not do such a thing to him.In his mind, Xiao Jiu must have transformed into something that could fly.

He extensively consulted folklore related to civet cats.In many legends, civet cats either transform themselves or deceive people. Among them, Yiping is most concerned about the legend of Wenfu tea pot (a tea pot is a tea pot for making tea. Wen Fu refers to the sound when hot water boils in a tea pot.). There are several versions of this legend.According to the legend of Maolin Temple in Gunma County, an old monk named Shouhe loved to use a tea kettle that was inconceivable. The boiling water in it was inexhaustible and inexhaustible.There is also a version that, in order to help a bunch of poor couples, the civet cat turned into a gold tea pot and sold it to the temple for money, but when it was burned, it showed its original shape.Some versions have a follow-up episode, saying that the tea kettle was resold by the temple to the theater troupe to perform tightrope walking.

Wenfu's tightrope walk in the tea pot... This made Yiping very concerned, and felt that it was a bit like a civet cat flying in the air. So he came to a conclusion: civet cats have super powers, and the legend of Wenfu tea pot is true.He was only a sixth grader at that time. Since then, Ippei Kongshan has devoted his whole life to this research. Yiping believes that if his idea is correct, then not only Japan, but also foreign countries may have legends about the transformation of civet cats. The first thing he thought of was the legend of the wolf. The protagonist of the legend is a wolf, but maybe it is actually a civet cat.Both civet cats and wolves are furry. It is possible that in order to increase the horror of the legend, the role of civet cats was replaced by wolves.

He thought of "Beauty and the Beast" again.The prince in the story is transformed into a wild beast by magic, maybe it is a civet cat.In addition, among all kinds of monsters, most of them are also beasts. The more he investigates, the more Yiping understands that the world is huge, and there are countless stories of humans transforming into beasts or animals transforming into humans, and most of the beasts in the stories are furry, so it is no problem to identify them all as civet cats. During the investigation, he discovered a wonderful thing, which is recorded in Greek mythology. What caught his attention was not the story of the transformation of animals, but the legend of the son of Zeus.Yiping is very interested in his name - Tantalus (Tantalus). There is one thing Yiping has always found very strange, that is, the lyrics of "TAN TAN raccoon cat" in a certain hymn.He was always wondering, what exactly does "TAN TAN" mean?People never say "NEN NEN cat" or "IN IN dog" (TA, NE, I are the first words of Japanese "raccoon cat" (TANUKI), "cat" (NEKO) and "dog" (INU) respectively. syllable.) and so on. At this time, he suddenly thought, could the word "TAN TAN" come from "Tantalus"?He has reason to think so. Tantalus was the king of a certain place in Asia Minor. He was cast into the underworld for blasphemy and suffered eternally from hunger and thirst.He was condemned to stand in the jaw-deep water of hell, and when he was thirsty and wanted to drink, the water flowed away quickly without a drop to drink. Yiping discovered that this story happened to be the opposite version of Wenfu Tea Cauldron.One is the Wenfu tea kettle, which cannot be scooped up with boiling water, and the other is the water of hell, which is as deep as the jaw but cannot be drunk.He felt that behind the diametrically opposite, perhaps there was a hidden origin. In this way, the super-powered tanuki gradually became unshakable.Ippei still has more ideas, thinking that there should be quite a few people who saw civet cats flying, but there are almost no similar records. Troubled by this question, he finally realized it when he was in college.He couldn't help scolding himself for being careless.Why didn't I think of it before? In fact, some people did witness it, and the records are too numerous to enumerate, but the witnesses didn't know that it was a civet cat. His astonishing idea came from George Adamski (George Adamski, a famous contact with aliens, whose disc-shaped UFO became a representative image of UFO, known as "Adamski-type UFO") ”) Inspiration. No matter how you look at it, the Adamsky UFO (unidentified flying object) in the illustration is exactly the same as the Wenfu tea kettle in the picture books in the past.If there is any difference, it's just that the civet cat's face and limbs are not exposed, but it is also reasonable to retract its head and retract its limbs when flying. In addition, there are other types of UFOs drawn based on numerous eyewitness testimony, which are basically close to the shape of the Wenfu tea pot.The part that seems to be the window should be the pattern of the tea kettle. As for the protrusions on the top of many UFOs, it can be interpreted as the handle of the tea kettle. Yiping is convinced that the UFO is the Wenfu Tea Cauldron, absolutely right. He imagined the civet cat transforming into Wenfu Chake, soaring freely in the night sky all over the world, it is really cute and dreamy.There must be that little chirp among them. But there are also arguments that are not very favorable to him.European and American UFO research organizations assert that most of the countless eyewitness testimony are just illusions or misidentifications.They used computers to analyze UFO photos in detail, and also analyzed the flight status of the aircraft and the movement of celestial bodies at the time of the sightings, and came to the conclusion that "95% of the testimonies are misidentifications". Yiping quickly regained his confidence.Even if ninety-five percent are misidentifications, five percent are true.Some people believe that there are more than 10 million UFO witnesses in the world, so 5% is 500,000 people. How amazing is this number!So many people have seen Wenfu tea kettle with their own eyes. Yiping conducted in-depth research on UFO-related documents and found that essentially speaking, there are two opinions of UFO research experts: one thinks that it is some kind of vehicle, and the other thinks that all eyewitness testimony is caused by misidentification. Every time I see such comments, Yiping finds it incredible.Why has no one discovered the truth?Many of those research experts are Japanese. Haven't they heard of the legend of Wenfu tea kettle? Then one day, he made a new discovery, which was about the etymology of the word "civet cat". The etymology of "civet cat" comes from English. He was inspired by UFO sightings.In the descriptions of several testimonies, words such as "turning" and "turning" are used. In English, "turn" and "turn" are "TURN". Yiping suddenly thought, isn't this pronunciation close to the Japanese "civet cat"?He immediately began a detailed investigation. The English of "civet cat" is "RACOON DOG", the original meaning of "RACOON" is "raccoon", and it can also be referred to as "COON".Yiping tried to combine the following permutations: TURNING GOON (rotating raccoon) He was thrilled.As long as this word is pronounced quickly, isn't it almost the same as the Japanese "TANUKI"?Witnesses from England and America must have seen the civet cat whirling in the air in the shape of a Bunfuku tea pot, so they yelled "TURNING COON".After this story spread to Japan, the word "civet cat" was derived. In addition, "COON" also has the meaning of "cunning person", which implies that Europe and the United States also know that civet cats can play tricks on people. Yiping became more and more confident in his views.When he was thirty years old, he finally published his first book.This memorable debut novel is titled "UFO is a Civet Cat", and immediately aroused discussions in the streets and alleys as soon as it was released. After introducing the two guests, the host of the "Sunday Special Discovery" said: "Then, let's ask Mr. Makoto Oya, who advocates 'the theory that UFOs are means of transportation for aliens', to ask Mr. Ippei Sorayama's 'theory that UFOs are raccoon cats'. Mr. Oya, which question would you like to start with?" "First of all," the thin and thin Oya leaned forward, showing his fighting spirit, "I would like to ask Mr. Kongshan, why did you make such a ridiculous argument? What is the basis?" "The first sentence is a folklore. I think the story of Wenfu Chake is true. The plot of Chake walking the tightrope is just a hint of civet cats flying in the air. The second basis is that the UFO shape seen by witnesses It is exactly the same as the Wenfu tea kettle." "Nonsense, I've never seen a civet cat fly." "Oh, it is necessary to explain here that there are roughly two types of civet cats, one is ordinary civet cats and the other is super power civet cats. I just mentioned the latter. Super power civet cats can fly. seen it myself." Speaking of this, Kongshan Yihei's eyes flashed, filled with indescribable nostalgia.The camera clearly captured this scene. "Furthermore," Yiping continued, "Mr. Oya said that he has never seen a flying tanuki, but you have mentioned in many books that you have seen a flying saucer with your own eyes, right? In fact, it was all Wenfu The tanuki of the tea kettle." "You, what are you talking about, what I saw was clearly a UFO!" "No, you haven't understood what I mean," Yiping said calmly, "The so-called UFO means unidentified flying object. In other words, its true appearance cannot be confirmed. What I just told you is exactly what I studied The answer—the UFO is actually a civet cat.” "What I saw was an alien vehicle!" Oya slapped the table loudly. Yiping was startled when he heard that. "Aliens...?" "That's right." Oya nodded heavily. "Why do you think so? Have you seen it?" "I haven't seen it, but there are many people who have seen it, and they have taken photos." "What kind of photo?" "I'm the one who asked the question today, right?" As he said, Oya set up two explanation boards beside him, "For example, this one and this one." Two photographs of the small, sleek, hairless, bipedal creature are shown walking on a rocky mountain in one photo, while in the other, it is captured by two A tall white man clasped his hands. But Kong Shan remained calm, and only replied "Oh, it's this one", and then made two talking panels prepared by himself.The photo above is the same as the one that Oya just showed. "I also think these two photos are important evidence." "Why did this become your evidence?" Oya asked angrily. "Because," Yiping smiled slightly, "they are civet cats." The host and assistants leaned back in shock.Oya didn't seem to react for a while, showing a blank expression, and then his whole face flushed red. "Are you kidding! How does this look like a civet cat? It doesn't even have a hair!" "Actually," Yiping said calmly, "civet cats can molt." "molt?" "Although civet cats have superpowers, they are still beasts after all, and they will still molt. Especially the civet cats in the photo, as you can see, have completely shed their hair. In this state, it is equivalent to losing their protective color, so it is easy to be caught. Discovered. Therefore, in all the photos taken and the testimonies of eyewitnesses, the aliens are all naked." "Where's the evidence?" Oya asked spitting, "Why do you say it's a civet cat?" "Unfortunately, I have no physical evidence, but Mr. Oya also has a point of view that these photos are all hoaxes. Small animals such as monkeys are shaved and disguised as aliens." "There are always people who like to dig into a dead end." "Then what if it's not a hoax, but just a small animal that happened to shed its hair naturally? This is equivalent to confirming my opinion." The corner of Oya's mouth twitched slightly, but Yiping turned a blind eye and went straight on. "About civet cats moulting, I found a clue, which also comes from Japanese folklore, and it is the kappa that everyone is familiar with." "The kappa and the civet cat can't fight each other, right?" "At first glance, this is indeed the case, but if you assume that the kappa is a completely depilated civet cat, then there are so many reasonable things. Let me first talk about the carapace of the kappa, which is exactly a tea pot. The depilated civet cat transforms into a Wenfu tea pot , It looks like a kappa. So it can be said that the true face of the UFO is a kappa. And the unique disc on the top of the kappa's head is very similar to the appearance of a man suffering from circular alopecia, which is also a clear proof that it is shedding hair. " "The Kappa is also an alien!" Oya shouted, "The carapace on the back is an oxygen bottle, and the mouth is an oxygen mask!" "What's the reason?" Yiping asked, "Why do aliens stay in a remote pond?" "Who knows this kind of thing, I think it is to investigate the human world." "Mr. Kongshan, why does the civet cat live in the water? Is there a reason?" the host asked. "Of course there are. To be more precise, there are many kinds of civet cats with super powers, including aquatic ones. In order to distinguish them from terrestrial ones, I call aquatic ones superpower otters." "Otter?" The host looked astonished. "You understand it this way. Just like civet cats, otters are also divided into ordinary otters and super-power otters, and the super-power otters after hair removal are called kappa. This is the truth. In folklore in our country, the word otter dwells Doing bad things underwater, learning to deceive people, and dragging people into the water are not only consistent with the legend of the Kappa, but also consistent with the story of the civet cat playing tricks on people." "That's it..." The host widened his eyes in admiration, and the female assistant next to him also nodded frequently.Seeing this, Oya felt anxious, grabbed the microphone and said: "So what do you say about walking upright? The aliens described by the witnesses walk on two legs! The kappa depicted in the legend also looks upright!" Ippei Kongshan remained expressionless. "Haven't you seen the decorations of raccoon cats? They all stand on two legs. People have known for a long time that some raccoon cats can walk on two legs, and that is superpower raccoon cats." Oya stood up abruptly. "A-According to your way of speaking, don't you just talk about it as you want? Anyway, just bring out something unpredictable like a super-powered civet cat!" "There are as many people who claim to have superpowers. If this is the case, it's not surprising that tanuki has superpowers. Besides, if you can't prove the truth of your point of view, aren't you also each other?" "Of course aliens exist!" Oya began to lose his footing. "This has been proven long ago. Many people have seen aliens, and some have had mysterious experiences of contact with aliens!" "Oh, for example, being taken to another planet by aliens, or being performed magical surgery?" "yes." "Hahaha," Yiping laughed, "They were all teased by civet cats." After the commercial break, the two debated again. "I want to change the topic to discuss," Oya seemed calmer, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and said, "I have a general understanding of your proposition, but do you really think that UFO is enough to explain everything for Tanuki?" "Exactly." "What do you think of the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of the human body? And Cattle Mutilation, that is, the phenomenon that part of an animal's limbs are cut off by something like a sharp instrument? These are closely related to UFOs. Can you give a reasonable explanation?" Hearing this series of questions, Yiping lowered his head slightly for the first time.Seeing this, Oya's confidence was boosted, and he asked: "Is it okay?" Yiping raised his head. "Bringing this topic, I feel sad from the bottom of my heart, because I have to blame my beloved Wenfu Chagama civet cat. But I believe that only a very small number of civet cats have done such bad things..." "Mr. Kongshan, Mr. Kongshan!" The host interrupted, "What exactly do you want to say?" "I'm sorry," Yiping coughed dryly, "I can't help it, I'll just say it frankly. It's a pity, no matter spontaneous human combustion or cattle Mutilation, it is undoubtedly the work of civet cats. Let's talk about cattle Mutilation first, and investigate in detail From this phenomenon, it can be found that rather than part of the limbs of the animal being cut off by a sharp knife, it is more accurate to say that it is eaten. Usually, the soft parts of the body surface such as eyes, testicles, tongue, and lips are eaten. There are internal organs. It made me think that tanuki are carnivorous and greedy. When I saw the carcass of the victimized cow, I was sure it must be the raccoon.” Speaking of this, the surrounding TV station staff also nodded in conviction, probably because the scene of the civet cat eating the carcass of the cow didn't feel awkward at all. "Then, what about the spontaneous combustion of the human body?" Oya had already lost his composure. "It takes some time to explain this question. To put it simply..." Yiping said after a short pause, "It's just that civet cats can breathe fire." "Hey!" There was an exclamation in the studio. "Mr. Kongshan, what does it mean that civet cats can breathe fire?" the host asked hastily. "Civet cats can produce several kinds of gas, one of which is methane gas, which is also contained in our human farts. When civet cats spew methane gas from their anus, use a certain method to ignite it, and it will spit out fire like a flamethrower. Come." The surrounding audience looked suddenly enlightened.It is a well-known fact that human farts can burn, so this explanation sounds easy to understand. "This phenomenon has been known in Japan since ancient times, and there are similar legends in other countries. In Japan, we call it 'fox fire'. It must have been confused with civet cats and foxes at some point, or the ancients intentionally made a joke. .” "Far-fetched!" Oya slapped the table violently again, and the juice glass on the table came in response, but he ignored it and yelled, "Everything is forced to be in a direction that is beneficial to him!" "I'm just following the example," Yiping said, "I'm just humbly learning from the practices of many supernatural phenomenon research experts represented by you." Oya was speechless for a moment, then pointed at Ippei's face and said: "What about the principle of flight? You said civet cats can fly, so tell me the mystery of how they can fly!" "Let me explain to everyone." Yiping nodded, "Before explaining, could Mr. Oya please explain, if UFO is a spaceship, why can it fly?" "Hmph, it's not easy to explain, it relies on anti-gravity to fly." "anti-gravity?" "That's right." As if surprised by his ignorance, Oya proudly puffed out his chest. "What is 'anti-gravity'?" When Yiping asked, Oya put on an impatient face, as if saying, "A layman doesn't understand anything, so there's nothing I can do." "It is the force against gravity, so the spacecraft can be suspended in the air." "Then I would like to ask, how does this power work?" Oya's eyes suddenly revealed the meaning of shrinking. "That, that was created by aliens with a highly developed civilization, how could we understand!" "That is to say, you don't know the flight principle of the spaceship?" "I can be sure that it definitely uses anti-gravity to fly, and eyewitnesses who have been in contact with aliens describe it like this." "Really?" "Speaking of which, what about the question I asked you? Can you explain the principle of civet cat flying?" "Of course, the principle is not difficult." After confirming the position of the camera, Ippei Kuyama began to talk eloquently, "As I mentioned just now, there are several kinds of gases produced in the civet cat's body, one of which is helium. Helium should be Stored in the organs evolved from the lungs, it is usually compressed strongly and has a small volume, but when the civet cat transforms into a Wenfu tea kettle, helium is released at the same time. Many people have seen the stomach bulge like a hot air balloon Is it a civet cat decoration? This means that its belly is full of gas. When it inflates like a hot air balloon, and the inside is filled with helium, of course the body can float into the sky. This is done, and then just spray from the anus You can move forward with the gas out.” "So that's how it is." The host folded his arms and said, "In this way, civet cats can indeed fly." "It just stinks a bit." The female assistant frowned. "That's the key point." Yiping replied, "It's not the patent of super power civet cats to release gas. Ordinary civet cats, foxes, weasels, and skunks all fart. But for super power civet cats, sometimes they let it out. The gas in the air is more than just smelly." "Specifically?" the host asked. "Sometimes the stench released by the superpower civet cat contains hallucinogenic gas. Under what circumstances it will release this gas, it is not clear yet. Once humans inhale it, they will have strong hallucinations, and even Mingzi non-existent things, You can also mistakenly think that you have experienced it yourself.” "In other words, you were teased by the civet cat?" the female assistant said happily. "That's right." Yiping replied with a smile. "Ridiculous!" Oya slammed his hands on the table and stood up angrily, "Why are you all listening so seriously? Can you believe this kind of nonsense! What about UFOs? Our most cherished UFOs are civet cats and Wenfu tea pots. This kind of thing, this kind of thing... is absolutely impossible!" He was almost crying. Seeing Oya bristling with anger, Ippei temporarily stopped speaking and just watched him quietly.After a while, he took out some photos and stood up. "Mr. Oya, please look at these photos. The first photo is the famous 'Mayer UFO'. You have also produced related programs, so you should remember it clearly. On the morning of June 12, 1975 This is one of a series of photographs taken by Edward Billy Meyer, who lives in a small Swiss town, at about half past ten." This photo was taken from a high ground, and there is a sombrero-like object suspended in the center of the photo. "Presumably you also know that after a thorough analysis by scientists, several questions have been raised about this photo. The biggest question is that, according to the description of the photographer Meyer, the diameter of the UFO is about seven meters, but calculated from the photo, But it is only 25 centimeters. Due to this contradiction, scientists believe that this photo is a fake, but I don’t think so. In fact, there have been UFOs with a diameter of 25 centimeters. Besides, the Wenfu tea kettle civet cat is almost a slap The size. Meyer should be affected by the hallucinogenic gas to have the illusion of the size of the UFO." He took out a few more photos. "These are all UFO photos selected from Mr. Oya's works. Now they are all judged as fraudulent by the academic circles. They just throw small models into the air and take them into the camera. But I can't agree with this opinion. These are all The civet cat is the Wenfu Tea Cauldron. Especially this photo is a strong proof." As he spoke, he held up a photo of a flat disc flying across the roof, the black protrusion on top clearly visible. "Experts believe that the tricks used in this photo are even more clumsy. As long as you zoom in, it is clearly the lid of the pot. I really want to say, what a joke, this is the Wenfu tea kettle! Since it is a tea kettle, isn't it natural that there is a lid? Mr. Oya , please fight side by side with me, and impress those stubborn scientists!" Ippei walked up to Oya and shook hands with him tightly. Oya remained silent, his eyes blank. After recording the show, Sorayama Ippei returned to Kayama's home. He built a house near his mother's hometown, and the purpose was naturally to study Wenfu tea pot.In addition, he also looks forward to reuniting with Xiaojiu one day. As soon as he got home, he operated the camera.This camera is facing the back mountain and continues to shoot the movement of the forest every day.His aim was to photograph civet cats flying through the air, but so far he has been unsuccessful. He carefully checked the images recorded that day. Still haven't caught a civet cat today. But Momonga's figure flitted across the screen from time to time.