https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VaranVaran (Japanese: バラン, Hepburn: Baran) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1958 film Varan the Unbelievable directed by Ishirō Honda and produced and distributed by Toho. The creature is depicted as a giant, dinosaurian, prehistoric reptile capable of gliding flight. It later appeared in the 1968 film Destroy All Monsters, the ninth film in the Godzilla franchise.