What he did then was to wade into the river and position his bulky scrotum upon its surface so that his testicles were like a couple of pontoons. Next, he leaned forward and gingerly balanced his weight atop this most improbable of boats. Banzai! He gave himself to the current. And the river, high and swift with snowmelt, carried Tanuki downstream. For fifty miles. All the way to Kyoto.
Meet me in Cognito, baby,
In Cognito we'll have nothing to hide
Let's go incognito, honey,
And let the world believe that we've died.
Villa Incognito - Page 13
He in this instance is Tanuki. A badger looking but actually more of a dog like man from the Other World. The World of the Animal Ancestors. I'd also tell you about the Vietnam MIAs, but I haven't gotten than far yet. You can wait.