Hey guys, I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin.

Welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the

internet. In case you missed it, I just released a new short novella called

Village of the Lost. If creepy forests and haunted villages are your thing, then make sure to check

it out. It's out now for just 99 cents. That's Village of the Lost, available on Amazon right now.

You can find the link on my social media or just type the title into the search bar.

This week we're looking at two instances of some rather unique hauntings.

First up, a group of friends visit an area famous for some haunted rocks.

Why are they haunted?

Well, some things are best left unknown. Find out why in Oibo Rock.

It was just after 10pm one winter night.

Three of us were in the car driving 80 kilometres per hour down the highway, with the smell

of the ocean wafting towards us.

There was a road about a two-hour drive from where I lived that took you to the Pacific

Ocean.

If you continued west for a short while along that road, then you would see a pine forest along

the coastline.

We were heading towards that forest.

In particular, the Oibor Rock.

Somewhere deep in that forest was a stone they called the Oibol Rock.

I didn't know the full details, but apparently it was some cursed black stone.

And we were going to see it.

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