The Hiraike Creature is a cryptid reported from Hiraike (Hira pond, Hiraike pond, Lake Hiraike) in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
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On June 20, 2016, a person named Seiji N. uploaded a video taken at night on Hiraike to YouTube. The video showed some kind of creature swimming on the surface of the water, which the videographer analyzed to be neither a fish, a turtle, nor a bird.
Viewers noted in their comments that the creature could be a nutria, which is an animal intermediate between a small beaver and a large muskrat.