In Tosa, people told of horse bones left along an old road that creaked nightly; when travelers looked by lamplight, a shrouded skeleton stood before them. After memorial rites were performed, the presence ceased. Edo-period scrolls portray it roaming—cloth over its bony frame—and use it as a moral tale urging compassion and rites for animals. Specific origins or named witnesses are not recorded, and details such as its hours of appearance or speech remain unknown.