The Bake-kujira (化鯨, literally “ghost whale”) is a mythical Japanese yōkai (ghost, phantom, or strange apparition) from western Japan. It is supposedly a large ghostly skeleton whale and is said to be accompanied by strange birds and fish.
I wonder if Titanosaurus will be on Godzilla’s side.
Interestingly, looking around the Bake-Kujira or ghost-whale was a kinda obscure Japanese supernatural creature prior to days of internet. So that seems very thematically good choice for the sleuthing of myth that appears to be being set up.
“The confrontation between logging company Teal-Jones and forest defenders in court is the result of the ongoing failure of the provincial government to follow through on their promise and deliver solutions to protect globally rare and endangered old-growth forest like the spectacularly intact Fairy Creek rainforest in Pacheedaht territory,” said Sierra Club BC campaigner Jens Wieting in a statement Thursday.
The Fairy Creek rainforest is the last intact watershed in the San Juan river system, representing an ancient and irreplaceable ecosystem, and if Teal-Jones is successful in logging it, trees hundreds to thousands of years old will be turned to sawdust…
[ Similar destruction in the nearby Caycuse watershed, where old-growth trees have been logged by Teal-Jones, photographed by TJ Watts. ]
Although this injunction has been granted, the defenders of Fairy Creek are not backing down, and are asking you to join the fight however you can.
