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Japan's Mysterious SOS Sign Leads to an Unexpected Rescue | SOS Sign Incident

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Red Web

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In 1989, two missing hikers were rescued from a mountain in Japan and were told the enormous SOS sign they had built helped locate them. The hikers were confused, revealing they made no such SOS sign leaving investigators to realize there was someone else on the mountain. Today we follow the confusing tale of the SOS Sign Incident. Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/RedWebPod, https://www.instagram.com/redwebpod/ Join FIRST: redwebpod.com/first Sponsored by: HelloFresh (go to http://hellofresh.com/redwebfree and use code redwebfree to get one free breakfast item per box while subscription is active), Shady Rays (go to http://shadyrays.com and use code REDWEB for 35% off polarized sunglasses and snow goggles), and DraftKings Sportsbook (download the DraftKings Sportsbook app now and use code REDWEB. New customers can bet $5 to get $200 instantly in bonus bets). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In 1989, two missing hikers were rescued from a mountain in Japan and were told the enormous S.O.S. sign that they had built

0:15.3

helped locate them. The hikers were confused revealing they made no such S.O.S. sign,

0:21.1

leaving investigators to realize that there was someone else on the mountain.

0:24.8

Today we follow the confusing tale of the S.S.S.

0:27.8

Sign incident.

0:29.2

This is Red Web. The Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about Unsolved cases, true crime, cryptids, conspiracies,

0:46.0

a little sprinkling of aliens, they always make their way in there.

0:48.7

I'm your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, and joining me hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.

0:56.0

A very interesting case.

0:58.0

Yet again I go, wow, there's just a lot of unique mysteries out there.

1:03.1

Never thought about, okay, hikers?

1:06.2

SOS sign, they're found, they didn't make the sign?

1:09.0

Oh, yeah.

1:09.9

Instantly my mind, my emotions go, that's eerie, that's creepy, then very quickly dives into the

1:17.6

creepy section and goes, oh no, that means because like that's probably someone watching you, right?

1:24.0

You think someone just said,

1:25.0

I feel like that someone's watching you,

1:28.0

tracking you being close by.

1:31.0

That'd be wild.

1:32.0

No, he's very wild.

1:34.0

Back up into the trees.

1:35.0

I still can't.

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