Few characters in history are as intriguing as the Ninja, which we believe to have been

warriors who operated with a stealth and precision unmatched.

They could be practically invisible when they wanted, and could strike without warning,

anywhere, anytime, and had skills so far above those of everyone else that few even lived

long enough to fight back.

This is what we all believe, anyway.

How true is it?

Well, the truth behind Ninjas is coming up today on Skeptoid.

It's a journalism at Skeptoid with your old car.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Ninjas unmasked.

You're guarding your Lord's Castle I warm summer night during a period of unrest, keeping

a sharp eye on the trees beyond the wall.

Suddenly, a tiny razor-steel grappling hook snatches a beam overhead, and you whirl just

in time to see a black-clad figure running up the wall as if by magic.

You reach for a weapon when other dark warriors drop from places of concealment, flames erupt

in the courtyard, and before you can act, a throwing star buries itself in your throat.

As you stagger toward the wall, blood coursing down your armor, you meet the eyes of the man

who just threw it, a steely gaze peering through a slit in a black mask.

As he springs away, you topple off the wall and fall toward oblivion.

You've just had an encounter with a ninja, or rather a purely fictional ninja.

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