Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

The latest volume of Kowabana, Volume 11, is now out.

This volume has over 80 different stories of creepy ghosts, abandoned buildings, frightening monsters,

haunted locales, and much, much more. So do check it out right now. We also have a brand new

design-up in the Kowabana merchandise store. You can check that out

at koabana.store. We have shirts, mugs, stickers, masks and much more, so do check it out

and help support the show at the same time. This week, we're looking at some tales that

blur the line between reality and the unknown. First up, a student lives near a tunnel that's known locally as a

ghost spot, but what exactly is lurking in there and what does it want? Find out in

Tunnel. This is a story that really happened to me when I visited a famous local tunnel

known as a ghost spot around town.

I used to pass through that tunnel all the time, either for field trips or on the way somewhere.

This was quite some time ago, but when I was in junior

high, I passed through that tunnel on a school trip with two of my friends. The inside was dimly

lit, but it wasn't exactly very long, so we passed through it like always. Numerous other

people were there as well, so I wasn't that afraid

of it. Anyway, about halfway through the tunnel, I saw a boy of maybe four or five years

walking alone. I couldn't see anyone who'd looked like his parents nearby, so I found

myself watching where he went.

I didn't get a bad feeling from him, but rather something warm and nostalgic.

Either way, I didn't pay too much attention to the situation and then, next thing I knew,

we were almost out of the tunnel.

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