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Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Haunted Places

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Tara A. Devlin

Leisure, Arts, Hobbies, Drama, Fiction, Literature

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Japan is full of haunted places. With these three tales, uncover the terrifying truth behind the paranormal encounters of everyday people simply going about their lives.

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0:00.0

Rain fell heavily that night.

0:13.0

We arrived at the scene, pulled up in front of the tunnel, and I stopped the car.

0:19.0

The atmosphere felt strange, perhaps because of the area directly

0:23.6

in front of us, which was known as a scary place. After a short break, we began to head slowly

0:33.6

into the tunnel. It was our first time doing anything like this, so we were oddly excited.

0:40.3

Although we knew better, we grinned like children at an amusement park anyway.

0:46.3

The place wasn't that old, but no cars came towards us from the opposite side.

0:52.3

Still, we proceeded extremely slowly and waited with bated breath for something to happen.

1:00.8

We reached the other end of the tunnel without fanfare.

1:05.1

My friends in the back who were watching the tunnel walls remarked that they saw nothing

1:09.6

out of the ordinary either.

1:12.5

One friend proposed that we should try again, and everyone was in agreement.

1:17.7

We did a U-turn and went back into the tunnel.

1:22.7

But again, nothing happened.

1:25.7

No matter how many times we drove through, nothing happened. No matter how many times we drove through, nothing happened. Disappointed,

1:32.7

and perhaps with too much free time on our hands, we kept trying, but the results remained the same.

1:40.4

The rainfall seemed to grow heavier, loudly falling on the roof of the car.

1:46.7

After three or four attempts at driving through the tunnel, finally one of the guys said,

1:53.3

Hey, let's go home.

1:57.7

Perhaps he was just bored because nothing was happening, but there was something strange

2:02.4

about his voice.

2:04.4

I stopped the car as the tunnel exit came into view and turned around.

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