I don't believe in ghosts, but I have experienced something strange in my life just once.

It happened four years ago.

I was living in Kobe and working for a security firm. I was working the night shift during Obon when we got a call.

There's something strange with the entrance auto lock at this newly constructed building.

My partner and I rushed over.

Was there a thief? I wondered.

But when we checked it out, there were no signs of foul play.

According to the residents, the door opened of its own accord.

Thinking it was just a fault in the mechanism that controls the lock, I went to investigate it.

However, there was nothing wrong with it.

I wondered whether I should call the electric company when suddenly there was a noise behind us. When we turned around, the door was open, even though no one was there.

Both my partner and I were shocked, and then the machine started going,

peep, peep, peep.

Hey, take a look, my partner said.

The console for the auto lock showed 302.

I got chills.

There was nobody there but us.

A few days later, I became curious about who lived in 302.

I checked it out, but nobody lived there.

However, a little while later, my partner told me something.

He knew the person who used to live there.

He died during an earthquake when the apartment he was living in collapsed.

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