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Nuke-Kubi

Area(s) reported: Asia:Japan:Yamanashi Prefecture
Date(s) reported: 1441 AD

"In 1441 AD, a warrior monk in Japan was attacked by, and defeated, five flying heads. Known as Nuke-Kubi ('cut necks'), these creatures look and act like humans during daylight hours, but have their heads detach from their bodies at night to hunt down human victims to devour."

This monster's full article is in Monsters Here & There, Vol. 1

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