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This week, we're looking at some stories of the unknown, of things that lurk on the other side until they finally decide to pay us a visit, for better or worse.

First up, a group of friends spend the night on a mountain, but are in for quite the surprise

when they're woken up by some voices.

But that's not even the scariest part.

Find out why in... Sound of the Kakara.

This is a story I heard from an older friend of mine.

I'd already heard a story similar to it before, but sorry if something like this has already

appeared here before.

This happened when he climbed a mountain one day.

The village at the foot of the mountain wasn't too far away, but my friend didn't really

like the villages all that much, so he decided to make camp part way up the mountain where

he could still see the village. There were two rather large flat rocks there, so he started

getting dinner ready with his friends.

Once they were done eating, they cleaned up and decided it was time for bed, so they

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