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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Picture That Will Kill You If You Look At It Three Times

March 9, 2026 by Lucia

Previously: Taxi #45. Type: CO (Cursed Object). Period/location of origin: 1980, Poland. Appearance: Subject, a work with no known title painted by Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński, appears Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Picture That Will Kill You If You Look At It Three Times

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: art, CO, cursed painting, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, urban legends

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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Taxi #45, The Haunted Taxi Of Davao City, Philippines

February 9, 2026 by Lucia

Previously: Kubinashi Rider. Type: PV (Phantom Vehicle). Period/location of origin: Though the precise date of origin is unknown, subject, called variously Taxi #45, Taxi 416, and the haunted Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Taxi #45, The Haunted Taxi Of Davao City, Philippines

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: cars, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, ghosts, PV, taxi, The Philippines, urban legends

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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Kubinashi Rider, The Headless Motorcycle Rider Of Japan

January 12, 2026 by Lucia

Previously: Badalisc. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: Late Showa era (1970s-1980s), Japan. Appearance: Subject, known as Kubinashi Rider (首なしライダー), appears to be Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Kubinashi Rider, The Headless Motorcycle Rider Of Japan

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: CC, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, headless horseman, Japan, Japanese urban legends, motorcycle, urban legend, urban legends

a person costumed as the goat-serpent creature badalisc, captured on epiphany by the townspeople of Andrista, Italy

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Badalisc, The Winter Holiday Goat-Serpent Of Italy

December 15, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: The House In Kita Ward. Type: LC (Legendary Creature). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Valcamonica (Camonica Valley) in the Lombardy region of Italy. Subject, known as the Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Badalisc, The Winter Holiday Goat-Serpent Of Italy

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Badalisc, Christmas, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, folklore, holidays, Italy, LC, winter

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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The House In Kita Ward (The “Do You Want A House In Kita-ku, Kobe City?” 2ch Mystery)

November 17, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: The Dullahan. Type: UL (Unexplained Location); possible UB (Unknowable Building). Period/location of origin: Subject’s precise period of origin is unknown. It is known that subject — Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The House In Kita Ward (The “Do You Want A House In Kita-ku, Kobe City?” 2ch Mystery)

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: 2ch, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Japan, the internet, UB, UL

a black and white illustration of a dullahan, a headless horseman

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Dullahan, The Headless Horseman Of Ireland

October 13, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: Ted The Caver's Mystery Cave. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Ireland. Written mention of subject, known commonly as the dullahan, although more Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Dullahan, The Headless Horseman Of Ireland

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: death omen, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, folklore, headless horseman, Ireland, Irish folklore, PE

a dark door, cracked open to reveal a sliver of light

Encyclopaedia of The Impossible: Carazi, The Child Of The Void

August 11, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: Hantu Galah. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: 2012, the internet. The earliest known account of subject, known as Carazi, or the Child Of The Void (in the Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of The Impossible: Carazi, The Child Of The Void

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: BEK, Brazil, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, PE

a bamboo forest

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hantu Galah, The Pole Ghost

July 14, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: The Girl With The Green Ribbon. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Subject, known as “Hantu Galah” — “pole ghost” — originates in Malaysia, but may also be Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hantu Galah, The Pole Ghost

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Malaysia, Malaysian urban legends, PE

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