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  The Orang Ikan (meaning human fish) is an aquatic humanoid cryptid reported from the Kai Islands in eastern Indonesia. It was sighted by the Japanese toward the end of World War II. In March 1943, a man named either Komataro Horiba（堀場駒太郎）or Taro Horiba, depending on the source, saw an Orang Ikan in the Kai Islands. He observed two creatures playing in a coastal lagoon.
A few days later, Horiba was summoned by the island's village chief and shown the carcass of an Orang Ikan that had washed ashore that same day. It measured 160 centimeters in length, its body surface covered in algae. It possessed hair extending to the shoulders, a spiny neck, and small auricles. Its mouth resembled that of a carp, lacking lips and densely packed with broad, needle-like teeth. The fingers of its limbs were long, with webbing between them. Additionally, though the timing relative to Horiba's experience is unclear, other Japanese soldiers had also witnessed similar creatures.
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