Well, you know, there are all sorts of stories of great beasts. Some of them are divine like the Dragon King in the sea but others are regarded as monsters like the Hungry Skeleton, Gashadokuro.

(No, he will not elaborate on what those are but there's definitely a more folk talesy feeling to the stories than one grounded in science and fact.)

This land has a history of strange stories. Maybe what we're experiencing now are just new stories.