This is a story from when I was still just an elementary school student, and my parents went out leaving me and my younger brother alone.

We were bored, so we decided to play hide and seek.

First, I was the only, so I started looking for my brother.

I went to my parents' room and started digging through the clothes in their chest of drawers,

when suddenly something grabbed my hand. Thinking I'd found my brother, I grabbed and tried to pull him out.

Hurry up and get out here, I said, but no matter how hard I pulled, the hand wouldn't come out.

The clothes were in the way, so I couldn't see anything.

He also wasn't saying anything, so I started to think something was a little strange.

Then my brother appeared behind me.

Hey, what are you doing?

I had no idea what was going on.

I shook off the hand with all my might and ran out of the house as fast as I could.

It goes without saying that until my parents came home, I couldn't go back inside the house.

Just what the hell was that hand?

A thief?

Or perhaps?

Hey guys, this is your host Tara A Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kawabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

Just like the story that opened this week's show, this week is a scary childhood game special.

So, my question to you this week is, what scary experience did you have as a child?

Now, this isn't an experience from my childhood, but I worked in Japanese schools for many years.

I've been in them after dark, and where I lived in Japanese schools for many years. I've been in them after dark and where I lived in Matsui, the buildings were old, very old.

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