I happened to pick up a book of scary stories and found an intreating story called 'The bloody fangs' it was about a boy from japan, who drew nothing but cats all day. he was studying at a temple, but the head priest told him to leave because he wasn't studying, and told him that his heart laid in his drawings, but he gave a last message saying 'Avoid the big ones at night, stick to the small' The boy didn't want to return home because he didn't want his parents to think he was a failure. So he went to a different village temple in hopes the monks there would take him in. But when he got there, the temple was filled with dust and cobwebs. The boy thought that the monks would be gone for just a while, and he decided to wait for their return. He then saw that the walls were made of white paper (This is a normal jappense custom) and he drew tons and tons of cats on all the walls. Later that night, he decided to sleep at the temple still thinking the monks would return. He found some kind of cupboard that he squeezed into. He manged to fit inside it, and there was even a small hole for him to peer out of, but it was too dark to see anything. THe boy was tired and he soon fell asleep but the high preist words stil echoed in his head.
[i]Avoid the large at night, stick to the small
Later that night, a large creature entered the temple, and smell the boy. The creature was hungry, and found the cupboard were the boy was sleeping, and began to scartch at. Suddenly the boy woke up to this loud shreiking sound that was coming from outside the cupboard. He heard some very violent fighting, but he could see nothing out of his peephole. Some dark liquid splashed into the hole and landed on his lip, that tasted like blood.
Suddenly the shreiks and fighting ceased and all was quiet. But the boy didn't dare open the cupboard, and he stayed up all night untill sunlight streaked into the temple.
The boy looked out the peephole and saw a huge bloody carcuss of a creature bigger than a cow, but had an ugly face. THe face of a goblin rat. The boy went out of the cupboard and looked around thinking what could have killed the goblin rat. Everything looked the same as before, or was it? He looked to the cat drawings and saw all of them had blood streaked on their mouths, the blood of the goblin rat.
This story is also called 'The Boy Who Drew Cats' I don't know if this story is true or not, but I was just wandering if there was acutally any sightings of a goblin rat or does anyone have a picture of one?
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Sounds interesting... I'm not familiar with Japanese monsters other than the "Godzilla" movies XD
But if someone takes a peek into Japanese supernatural culture, I bet they'd find something like it.
But if someone takes a peek into Japanese supernatural culture, I bet they'd find something like it.
I read that story too, I think it was just that, a story.
yeah , l saw that story on a cartoon show when l was younger , and it is a story l don't believe it actually happened.
funny thing is, the goblin rat sounds like something from the show inyuasha
Still, does anyone have a pic of a goblin rat?
Still, does anyone have a pic of a goblin rat?
Still, does anyone have a pic of a goblin rat?
google it if you want to know 
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I happened to pick up a book of scary stories and found an intreating story called 'The bloody fangs' it was about a boy from japan, who drew nothing but cats all day. he was studying at a temple, but the head priest told him to leave because he wasn't studying, and told him that his heart laid in his drawings, but he gave a last message saying 'Avoid the big ones at night, stick to the small' The boy didn't want to return home because he didn't want his parents to think he was a failure. So he went to a different village temple in hopes the monks there would take him in. But when he got there, the temple was filled with dust and cobwebs. The boy thought that the monks would be gone for just a while, and he decided to wait for their return. He then saw that the walls were made of white paper (This is a normal jappense custom) and he drew tons and tons of cats on all the walls. Later that night, he decided to sleep at the temple still thinking the monks would return. He found some kind of cupboard that he squeezed into. He manged to fit inside it, and there was even a small hole for him to peer out of, but it was too dark to see anything. THe boy was tired and he soon fell asleep but the high preist words stil echoed in his head.
[i]Avoid the large at night, stick to the small
Later that night, a large creature entered the temple, and smell the boy. The creature was hungry, and found the cupboard were the boy was sleeping, and began to scartch at. Suddenly the boy woke up to this loud shreiking sound that was coming from outside the cupboard. He heard some very violent fighting, but he could see nothing out of his peephole. Some dark liquid splashed into the hole and landed on his lip, that tasted like blood.
Suddenly the shreiks and fighting ceased and all was quiet. But the boy didn't dare open the cupboard, and he stayed up all night untill sunlight streaked into the temple.
The boy looked out the peephole and saw a huge bloody carcuss of a creature bigger than a cow, but had an ugly face. THe face of a goblin rat. The boy went out of the cupboard and looked around thinking what could have killed the goblin rat. Everything looked the same as before, or was it? He looked to the cat drawings and saw all of them had blood streaked on their mouths, the blood of the goblin rat.
This story is also called 'The Boy Who Drew Cats' I don't know if this story is true or not, but I was just wandering if there was acutally any sightings of a goblin rat or does anyone have a picture of one?
I actually know that story, my mom used to tell me that story when I was a kid.
As far as the validity of the this story being true, I don't believe so...but an interesting story to say the least...
Nice. I hope my drawings can save me, too. 
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Apparently all his cat drawings killed it... =P
But I personally think its just a story in Japanese legend...
But I personally think its just a story in Japanese legend...
that book was...something from the bones... or something right? i read that one. it was fake oO
Yeah, it was from the book; Ask the Bones. I just thought it was a really cool story
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