41 Strange on Twitter: "In Japanese Folklore, Ōkubi are giant decapitated heads which fly in the sky or hide in barns. If you encounter an Ōkubi, it is a sign of impending disaster, which may be a typhoon, earthquake, tsunami, or fire… https://t.co/BnIGGVFfBo"

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1. Hikarenger!‏ @HikerYote Jan 20
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1. distant cities‏ @distantcities Jan 20
  Replying to @41Strange @AnneBillson
  
  Yes, but if you don't get one of those (which you usually don't), they don't mean anything, and the Okubi go away and it was all fine. This is a strangely Japanese attitude, I think.
  
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1. Gabriel's Earnest‏ @91f0ae259086481 Jan 20
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  I haven't seen head for 3 years and admittedly haven't been caught up in any of those disasters you mentioned.
  
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1. Fiddleback‏ @Fiddleback Jan 20
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  Because a giant flying decapitated head hiding in your barn isn't a big enough disaster already.
  
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1. MargeGunderson‏ @SongWarmonger Jan 20
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1. BB‏ @BBfromCanberra Jan 21
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  Many Americans saw Okubi just before Trump was elected.
  
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1. Däguas‏ @Daguas_Cubed Jan 20
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  Kinda self fulfilling.The disaster is the giant decapitated body possibly hiding in your barn. Or floating in the sky.pic.twitter.com/lJ2Fk73NmB
  
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1. Cyrus‏ @Twotorue Jan 20
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  This puts Junji Ito's Hanging Balloons story in a new light.
  
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1. Dr. Jimmy can’t get to ComicCon this year. ‏ @DrJimmyandBOB Jan 20
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1. Cass-tastrophe‏ @Calypsosparadox Jan 20
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  I want to pet them
  
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1. Noteworthy Parmesan Clock‏ @norbert_cross Jan 20
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  Isn't the flying decapitated head it's own disaster?
  
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