Altergozo Elbucky Munuda (Japanese: "アルターゴゾ・エルバッキー・ムニューダー) is an mysterious 'Cat-like' 'Superior Space Animal' with strange shining eyes and a tail larger than its body, met by Mrs & Mr Mitsumoto in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, July 22nd 1981. Allegedly It came from a star in the Andromeda constellation, to monitor earth's use of nuclear weapons. Near midnight, she went for a drive with her husband: To their surprise, In a vacant lot, she met a creature which was similar to the one she had drawn, The creature had reddish-brown bushy fur, extremely short legs, strange glowing eyes, and a tail longer & larger than its body length. – (Otherwise, it resembled a typical earth cat.) – it had just crossed the road in front of her car, She took a couple pictures of it. at some point, the negatives where torn up by their pet dog, making it impossible to verify the full appearance of its characteristic tail, (so when the book came out, they drew it in with a dotted line.)
Less than a month later: (August 12th) around midnight, Elizabeth claimed to have made contact with aliens that were in charge of Elbucky: the leader introduced itself as "Naganda Mu" of "Peiga Pagouira" an Alpha star in the Andromeda constellation, in charge of the elbucky mission: The aliens spoke into her mind using telepathy (ESP!)
"We are sending you a message from our base on Shinmoe-dake (Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu) Friend, the animal you saw is the superior space creature 'Aldergozo Elbucky Mnuder' that we sent to the Earth. Your behavior and lifestyle are constantly changing & continues to be observed! We came from the constellation of Andromeda to investigate where the earth's nuclear weapons, poison gas, and bromine gas are buried. - Elbucky uses his “laser rays” to weaken the destructive material and check its concentration. Elbucky has 3 siblings that were sent to Japan, The remaining two are hiding in Mt. Takahara in Nikko and Yuzawadai in Akita City..." A different alien spoke into her mind: "Elbucky is mild-mannered with some understanding of human speech, and is not visible to everyone: Only those souls who have come down from outer space as messengers of peace! Our main mission was to detect and monitor the toxic substances emitted by weapons (nuclear weapons?) that are responsible for the destruction of the earth. "
less than 1 year later (1982) they would publish their encounter in a book [...The couple would have subsequent encounters with the aliens as well. - but I won't get too much into detail about the book's other contents, it seems to mostly be ESP talk, DoomsDay Conspiracies, (*The name "Elisabeth" is also the name of her cosmic spirit, later given to her by the aliens.) ...uh, you get the idea.]
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The years Following the incident & publication of the book, "Elisabeth" seems to have starred in a number of doccumentaries about ESP & UFO encounters (I cannot figure out how to watch them, so I'll just link the archive, I wont write about them here.) -Elisabeths whereabouts today are seemingly unknown. The interaction between the UMA & Aliens became a hot topic at the time, But the case Itself became popular knowledge after being ridiculed in "Tondemo hon no sekai" (The World of Outrageous Books. (1995) by the "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science" stating that there was “No actual evidence of alien contact.” - Today: The usual reaction to seeing the image of Elbucky is: "Uh, isn't that just a cat?" - Elbucky is treated closely to how we in the west treat chupacabra. (its more than likely a case of mistaken identity vs an actual alien, but the case is still enjoyed by enthusiasts (perhaps somewhat ironically)
• Pop culture: Despite the decrying of it as an actual "UMA/Alien" - Elbucky seems to be quite popular in pop culture, in part it caught on because the idea of trying to pass off a normal cat as an alien was so outrageous (and funny) that it became slightly memetic: it is referenced quite a few games, manga & even music, all the way up to present day.
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