Neighbourhood Hauntings
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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It’s not just houses that get haunted. Sometimes there can be a strange happening at the workplace. Something off at school. Something weird about that park down the street. These five haunting tales are from all around the neighbourhood.
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| 0:00.0 | I got on the last train after a long day at work. |
| 0:15.0 | As I got off at the station, I suddenly needed to use the toilet. |
| 0:19.8 | I don't usually use them, and even for the countryside, it was pretty gross. |
| 0:26.2 | There were five dirty toilets lined up. |
| 0:29.6 | I stepped before the first one to do my business when I felt eyes on me. |
| 0:35.1 | I turned to the side, and a man was standing by the very last one. I quickly looked away. |
| 0:44.2 | There was nobody inside when I entered. I looked back again and he was gone. Was I imagining |
| 0:53.5 | things? |
| 0:55.5 | I finished my business and went to wash my hands. |
| 0:58.9 | I glanced in the mirror and saw the five toilets lined up behind me. |
| 1:04.4 | A man was standing by the last one. |
| 1:08.3 | He slowly turned to look at me. not his body, just his neck. |
| 1:15.3 | It did a 180-degree turn and glared at me in the mirror. |
| 1:21.4 | Unable to even scream, I panicked and ran from the toilets all the way home. |
| 1:27.9 | The next morning, I stepped into the toilets to confirm what happened the night before. |
| 1:34.2 | Of course, nobody was there. |
| 1:37.4 | Relieved, I went to do my business, and when I was done, turned around to wash my hands. |
| 1:45.0 | The blood drained from my face. |
| 1:49.2 | The sink was still there, but where the mirror should have been, there was nothing. |
| 1:59.2 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 2:05.6 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 2:10.6 | Last week, I released the third book in the Todihara Files series called Kideh. |
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