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Encyclopaedia of the Impossible

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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)

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

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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

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