Recorded and Mixed by Dave Stipe at Monkeyclaus Recording Studio, Roseland VA.
Filmed and edited by Kai Crowe-Getty
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The story, as I know it, goes...

A long time ago, there was a fishing village in Japan that sat high up on a hill. At this time, one whale could make a village rich for the year. So, when one day, a spout was spotted way out in the water, all the fishermen piled into their boats and rushed out with their spears.

There was an eerie feeling in the air, and there were birds flying around which they had never seen before. As they got out to where they saw the spout, there was a dark shadow beneath the surface.

They started throwing their spears at it, but nothing stuck. It seemed to just pass right through.

Then, the figure rose up out of the water- a towering ghostly skeleton whale.

Terrible fates were met by some of those fishermen out in the water, and those who made it to shore brought with them a terrible curse upon their village.

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The Bakekujira stands as a warning to those who would do harm to our Cetacean Brethren.

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