Mysterious Encounters of the Dangerous Kind
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Sometimes we encounter something that shouldn’t be. Something that doesn’t make any sense, and yet there it is, right in front of us. These tales will make you question what’s real and what isn’t.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.1 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:19.6 | Happy New Year, everyone. |
| 0:21.4 | Depending on when you're listening to this, it's either just about to arrive or it has |
| 0:25.9 | just passed. |
| 0:27.1 | I hope you're all doing well and ready for another year of terrifying, mysterious and |
| 0:31.7 | often baffling stories from the Japanese internet. |
| 0:35.5 | To kick this year off, we're diving into some strange and bizarre encounters with the supernatural. |
| 0:41.3 | Things that shouldn't be, things that don't make sense. |
| 0:45.3 | Yet, there they are, right in front of you, whether you like it or not. |
| 0:50.3 | So, you'd best be ready for what's about to come. |
| 0:57.4 | For our first story, we're taking a drive up into the mountains. |
| 1:03.6 | You've no doubt heard of the Yolkai Umibozu, the giant black blob that appears in the water to sink ships. |
| 1:05.2 | Well, what would you do if you happened across something scarily similar up in the mountains? |
| 1:12.9 | Find out how these two friends deal with such an encounter in Yamabozu. I was on my way home from visiting a friend in Chino. |
| 1:29.0 | It must have been around 11 p.m., and I passed through Kofu and was driving along |
| 1:33.8 | Karisaka Road. |
| 1:35.8 | Another friend who came along was asleep in the passenger's seat, or at least appeared to |
| 1:40.5 | be, as he sat silently with his head buried. |
| 1:44.7 | We passed through the long tunnel on the prefectural border, and before long, a figure appeared |
| 1:49.9 | in the headlights on the side of the road. |
| 1:53.1 | We were up in the mountains, and they were standing by the edge of a cliff. |
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