Video: How to catch a skyfish
The skyfish (also known as “rod” or “flying rod”) is a type of cryptid that flies through the air at speeds faster than the human eye can see. Here are two promotional videos (with English subtitles) for a set of Japanese DVDs documenting how to catch skyfish.
Video 1: How To Catch A Skyfish (Japan)
Video 2: How To Catch A Skyfish (International)
About halfway through the second video, one of the skyfish hunters shows off his spoodle, a special tool used for catching skyfish. According to this spoodle website, there are 100 ways to use the tool — including a number of practical uses not related to catching skyfish. A set of two spoodles and a skyfish decoy sells for 57,454 yen (US$499).
Visit the Skyfish Maniax website for details on how to purchase the DVDs (which do not yet appear to have been subtitled in English).
You mean, there are really people buying those rods for … 499$?
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Wait, did those skyfish destory that guys life? The guy from USA, so he went to shoot one?
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- These are supposed to be “mockumentary” films, so I doubt anyone would seriously want to pay $499 for a pair of spoodles. Can’t say for sure, though.
- In the second video, it looks like the guy with the gun is taking revenge for his partner’s death. I guess we have to watch the DVD to know what really happened.
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I guess skyfish are a full load of donkey diapers.
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i agree about them being a load of #¤%, atleast these videos. Now if they could show me one guy who actually has a skyfish in his hand or a dead one or a caught one i would be very interested…
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well … i thought the whole skyfish deal was not totally for real … till last night … here in japan … my husband and i witnessed one UP CLOSE - geh … all i can say is, people, do not think YAY or NAY on issues till you get first hand experiences — im still in shock over the ordeal … i just cant believe it … SKYFISH do exist! What kind of species it is, NO IDEA! but we are now “believers” that skyfish DO exist. As far as catching one? hah! this lil sucker flew off and hovered at a distance in a split second! I do not see how ANYONE can catch these suckers! I feel rather blessed we got to see one first hand. (Blessed that is, IF they are not harmful.)
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Hello Onochan,
I assume you saw the skyfish flying in front of your face? At first i thought you were saying that you saw a skyfish that had been caught or perhaps one collected that was dead.
Could you describe what you saw in more detail? did you notice any smell or perhaps any sounds? What was its size? Do you think it is just an insect or something more?
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I think its all a big load of my ass flying towards your face at high speeds.
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So has anyone seen this video yet? Does it show the skyfish being caught? Proof, yes? =/
You can see them in whatever videos you wanna watch, they’re in it. Those catchers in these videos are cool looking. Different designs and whatnot. I got the police (black and white guys) as sarcasm to the extreme. I gotsa chuckle outta that. The guy was gonna shoot them… funny.
I just wanna see them on the video after they were caught by whatever device they used. Like the dude in Germany who climbed into some cave.
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C’mon, people, don’t be retards. “Skyfish” or “rods” or whatever you want to call them are nothing but bugs flying faster than the exposure time in video or a single frame camera. This is just stupid.
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That you believe this lame explanation shows your complete ignorance on the subject.
I’d be ashamed to be that gullible and to actually show it to the world if I was you.
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and LOL, the second video, at 1:44, this is actually a metal stick used to hold the wires of an electrical fence to prevent cattle from running wild in fields LOL
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