Hey guys, I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. In case you miss the news,

Koabana Volume 9 is now available. If you're ready for another terrifying round of scares straight out of Japan, head over to Amazon

and pick up your copy right now.

We've got shrines, curses, ghosts, angry ancestors, abandoned buildings, terrifying schools,

and much more, so don't miss out.

This week, we're delving into some strange, baffling, but most of all, terrifying encounters

with the other side. It would seem that sometimes the other side has a message for us,

although we may not always understand what exactly that message is.

First up sees a group of construction workers take the afternoon off to avoid the crippling summer

heat, but they stumble upon something they could never have imagined in the nearby forest,

something that makes them regret leaving the workside. Why? Find out in

Cemetery of Souls. I was going to take this story to the grave, but on the other hand, I hope that by telling

someone about it, someone will be able to tell me what on earth that thing was that I saw,

and I can make some sense of all this mess.

I'll do my best to convey everything as truthfully as possible, but out of consideration for the companies we've worked with and the locals, I'll do my best to convey everything as truthfully as possible, but out of consideration

for the companies we've worked with and the locals, I'll do my best to not give specific

names and places.

To start, some details.

I'm in my 40s, and work as an official in a job related to mountain tunnels in Nagano.

This story also takes place in a virgin forest with a job related to mountain tunnels in Nagano. This story also takes place

in a virgin forest with a habitat of mountain hawk eagles and the location of a terrible tragedy

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