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. My latest book, Yamakoa, The Haunting of Mount Yami, is now out.

If you like terrifying mountain stories full of ghosts, monsters and other creepies,

then do check it out.

It's available on Amazon right now.

This week, we're looking at a few stories dealing with The Sacred,

and why you should never mess around with it.

First up is a local legend known as Shne Shne-Same.

This spirit, if it even is a spirit, whispers, die in people's ears, but otherwise isn't

known to cause any harm.

That is, until new people move in and start going insane one after the other.

What's really going on?

Find out in Shine Shne Shne Sama. My village is a so-called countryside town, about an hour's drive from the big city.

We don't have any big shopping malls or anything like that.

It's best to think of it as just big enough to have a supermarket and convenience store.

Well then, let's get right to it. This

story is about Shne Shne Sama, a harmless existence that's widely known around town. All he does

is whisper, die into people's left ears. That's really all there is to it, despite the

terrifying sounding name.

When you're alone in your room, you might hear a voice whisper,

Die into your ear, and it's terrifying, but no actual harm comes to you.

As long as you ignore it, the voice gets bored and eventually goes away.

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