235: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:56:34
ID: fJf96cCp4
So the mom was into New Age stuff?
236: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:56:57
ID: apV7ghO3m
No wonder her kid was bullied.
240: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:59:46
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Seriously, though, people with strong beliefs, even if it’s about cosmic energy or New Age-y stuff, can leave behind a lot of residual energy when they die, making hauntings way more likely.
241: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:01:21
ID: 4yjyf8jlc
>>240
Thank you, Madame Psychic.
242: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:02:25
ID: gBbp5D2vd
So the talismans were just a rumor?
243: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:02:48
ID: Aylg8wLma
Tatami room.
245: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:03:56
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I just heard something.
246: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:04:49
ID: 8fdqKw5mx
What?
247: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:04:59
ID: fJf96cCp4
((((; ° Д °)))) *shudders*
248: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:05:18
ID: 8a29Mbdxi
Get out of there!
249: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:05:22
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Could it be the cops?
250: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:05:30
ID: 8fdqKw5mx
Everything okay?
251: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:06:03
ID: 4yjyf8jlc
Sergeant… RIP…
255: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:08:37
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I ran upstairs.
I heard a thunk through the wall when I was fishing around in the living room.
256: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:09:26
ID: s9sdW2boy
Abandoned spots like that are often owned by the yakuza, so don’t push your luck.
257: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:10:05
ID: fJf96cCp4
Don’t be afraid, Sergeant! Just head straight for the sound!
258: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:10:37
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I can still hear regular thumps coming from downstairs.
I’m gonna check out the upstairs for now.
259: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:11:11
ID: 9673gaMsj
Sergeant, you have balls of steel lol.
260: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:11:48
ID: tmXuQd2dt
Maybe you should leave.
262: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:13:24
ID: H7cKvHk1c
This looks like the kid’s room.
*Broken link*
263: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:14:29
ID: gt4ohe95T
Whoa… So this is the room of the son who killed himself.
264: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:15:39
ID: gBbp5D2vd
I used to have that bear when I was a kid.
267: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:15:48
ID: Aylg8wLma
Desk drawers.
268: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:16:12
ID: fJf96cCp4
Looks like he was still in elementary school.
269: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:16:40
ID: H7cKvHk1c
There was a picture in the desk.
*Broken link*
270: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:17:29
ID: 6g79GpH4WXX
Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
271: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:17:52
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Is that the dead kid?
272: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:18:29
ID: fJf96cCp4
This is pretty scary.
273: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:18:40
ID: nHp7s7K3u
You gotta stop right now. This is bad news.
274: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:18:51
ID: k63mPvfqw
I’m terrified.
275: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:19:04
ID: t64dkyMnk
Why would the kid have a picture of himself in his desk?
276: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:19:55
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Doesn’t look like there’s anything else here.
And the noise has stopped, so I’ll go back downstairs.
277: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:21:01
ID: pg3bZhYtu
You should probably leave now.
278: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:21:38
ID: gBbp5D2vd
You came this far, Sergeant. Let’s see it all.
283: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:23:32
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I’m in the tatami room. I think the noise was coming from in here.
*Broken link*
284: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:24:20
ID: fJf96cCp4
Why is the center mat stained…?
285: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:24:58
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Someone definitely died in this room.
289: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:25:38
ID: nHp7s7K3u
This room is the worst one.
290: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:25:44
ID: pg3bZhYtu
What’s that space in the left back corner?
291: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:26:50
ID: nHp7s7K3u
You should really get out of there right now.
293: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:27:05
ID: 4yjyf8jlc
Sergeant, you’re a legend. Not one ounce of fear.
295: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:27:10
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>290
It’s a traditional room, so it’s probably for the Buddhist altar.
But there’s nothing there.
>>293
If I left now, you guys would never let me live it down.
296: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:27:56
ID: u4J2iskNr
Sergeant… You’re the man.
297: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:28:09
ID: Aylg8wLma
Under the tatami.
299: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:29:00
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>297
Yeah, the middle tatami is kinda raised up a little.
Wonder why.
301: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:29:31
ID: fJf96cCp4
It totally is.
302: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:29:55
ID: gBbp5D2vd
You gotta lift it up.
305: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:31:55
ID: DtDzw3z49
I’ve had enough.
306: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:32:17
ID: b3m8P28v9
Where are the talismans, anyway?
307: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:33:19
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>302
I don’t know if I can, but I’ll try.
Glad I brought gloves.
>>306
I don’t see any talismans.
But I see residue from stuff that was peeled off the beams, so something might have been there before.
308: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:33:51
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Seriously, you’ve gotta stop.
316: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:36:52
ID: H7cKvHk1c
What’s this?
*Broken link*
317: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:37:48
ID: ss9pHX797
What the hell is that?
318: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:37:58
ID: gBbp5D2vd
A boulder? Or maybe just a big rock?
319: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:38:17
ID: fgso4pgV6
That looks like a sacred rope tied around it.
Think there’s something enshrined in the rock?
320: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:38:26
ID: BeVis3d9h
Maybe someone put it there after the house was abandoned.
321: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:38:51
ID: fJf96cCp4
Wasn’t the mother into New Age stuff?
323: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:39:03
ID: NPeHwjda4
This is too much… I’m terrified…
324: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:39:09
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Leave. Now.
325: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:39:16
ID: Aylg8wLma
Thank you very much.
326: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:40:21
ID: ss9pHX797
Sergeant, I think you found something dangerous.
327: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:40:27
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I might be in trouble.
328: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:40:54
ID: m9iV66g6Z
What’s going on?!
329: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:40:56
ID: gBbp5D2vd
What’s happening, Sergeant?
330: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 14:41:12
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Are you okay?
360: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 15:05:51
ID: fJf96cCp4
Sergeant! Is everything all right?
391: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 15:51:19
ID: ss9pHX797
No comment after this long must mean…
400: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 16:02:44
ID: ai4JjEzsg
He’s trolling us.
405: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 16:10:01
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Please… Please say he’s trolling us…
408: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 16:14:22
ID: fJf96cCp4
Anyone living in the area, get some people and go help him!
410: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 16:17:15
ID: cxjbz6cDa
Should we call the police?
412: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 16:19:22
ID: gBbp5D2vd
>>410
He’s trespassing.
And he might be trolling us.
430: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 17:01:03
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Do you think the Sergeant is gone for good?
431: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 17:05:38
ID: nHp7s7K3u
I was just looking back through the thread. What’s up with Aylg8wLma?
They told him where to go, how to get inside the house, and mentioned places with weird stuff before the Sergeant found them.
Who are they?
432: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 17:09:01
ID: ss9pHX797
>>431
Yeah, something’s fishy.
433: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 17:12:35
ID: ykYxw3t8q
What do you know, Aylg8wLma?
452: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:25:09
ID: H7cKvHk1c
*Broken link*
453: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:29:11
ID: fJf96cCp4
Sergeant!
What is this?
454: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:32:59
ID: utv7Nm6Ju
Sergeant, you’re safe!
455: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:34:03
ID: gBbp5D2vd
So you were trolling us after all.
456: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:34:17
ID: ss9pHX797
I’m glad you’re safe, but what’s with the picture?
Is this one of the talismans?
457: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:36:59
ID: 5eiCbzfkm
It’s really creepy.
458: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:38:22
ID: hHAx8jbj6
What is this, Sergeant?
459: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:39:17
ID: hmCarmzd8
I’ve never seen a talisman like that before.
460: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:40:58
ID: 4irA42jzo
Where did the Sergeant take that picture? I thought there weren’t any talismans in the house.
461: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 19:41:11
ID: gBbp5Dsvd
Is this some religious thing? It has a torii on it.
And what about that symbol? Is it the character 了?
✦ ✦ ✦
The thread’s original author (Sergeant Kansai) made no further posts, and the meaning of the picture remains a mystery. To this day, no one has come forward to say that the thread was a hoax.
User Aylg8wLma, who seemed to have prior knowledge about the house, also made no further posts, and the thread is now closed.
In a separate thread called Save the Sergeant from Paranormal Hot Spots: Live Updates from Spooky Locations in the Kinki Region, a group of volunteers formed an investigative team to find the Sergeant and later visited the abandoned house. They found the mat in the middle of the tatami room moved to the side, but there was nothing underneath.
What do you think about this thread that leaves so many unanswered questions?
Who knows how much of it is true, but it’s fun to develop theories!