Excerpt from Forum for Sightings of Suspicious Persons
Location: Close to the intersection
Time: October 19, 2018, around 4:20 PM
Description: Fifties, male, shaved head, chubby, on foot, wearing a blue jacket
Details: Approached elementary school girls on their way home and said he’d take them to the mountain
Location: Near Elementary School
Time: May 27, 2020, around 11:30 AM
Description: Twenties, male, bleached hair, skinny, in a car, wearing a black hoodie
Details: Pointed his phone out of his car window at a woman walking down the street and asked her if she wanted to go to the mountain
Location: Near the highway
Time: June 3, 2021, around 9:00 PM
Description: Forties, male, short hair, medium build, on foot, wearing a suit
Details: Chased after a woman on a bicycle, yelling about wanting to go to the mountain with her
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Excerpt from the August 19, 2016, Edition of XX Online Newspaper
On August 18, a resident living close to Dam called 9-1-1 to report something floating in the lake behind the dam. An officer from Station was dispatched, and they found a woman and a child floating in the water. The two were later confirmed dead.
According to Station, the bodies were identified as (35 years old) and her daughter, (12), both residents of Nagano City, Nagano. The police questioned the husband (35) about his involvement in the case.
The station received testimony from neighbors that the husband had been heard saying, “We’re going to a mountain in soon to see someone who has looked after our family.” But considering the significant distance from the suspect’s house to Dam, the police are investigating the possibility he had an accomplice.
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Excerpt from the live broadcast archives of Yukihiro’s Haunted Hot Spots, dated May 27, 2020
*The video has been deleted, so the following was taken from a transcript posted on an online forum.
(Start of broadcast)
What’s up, everyone? It’s me, Yuki, the Haunting Hunter!
I’ve been receiving a lot of requests for this, and today, I’m finally making it out to .
My followers will already know about this place, but it’s rumored to be one of the scariest paranormal hot spots in all of Kansai. It’s particularly notable for just how many haunted locations there are around here. Dams, ruins, tunnels—it’s practically a ghost department store. So how about we check them all out?! I’m going to start with Tunnel.
I see you all talking in the comments. Seems you want me to stop the chitchat and just head in. All right, here I go. Are you seeing this? I’m still in my car, but once I get out, I’ll be standing at the tunnel’s entrance. Ready?
(Sound of a door opening and closing)
As you can see, this place is totally deserted. It’s three AM, so I guess that’s to be expected. The tunnel is really huge. I better be careful not to get run over if a truck comes. So, according to a rumor on the internet, if you stand at the entrance where I am now— Oh, wait. There’s an entrance on either side, isn’t there? Anyway, they say a ghost will answer if you stand on the side where I parked and call out toward the opening facing the dam. It’s a really famous story.
We’ll check out the tunnel later. Let’s test this rumor first.
Oh, it got cold all of a sudden. What’s that, chat? I don’t need to sell it? Ha-ha.
Okay, let’s do this. Hellooo?
Nothing. I’ll try again. Hellooo?
Yep, nothing. All right, let’s head into the tun— Huh? What the hell?
I’m going back to the car.
(Sound of a door opening and closing)
Did you see it? You saw it, right? There was a figure walking toward me from the other side. Yeah. I couldn’t really see because it was so dark. Maybe it was someone who lives around here.
What? You want me to go back out there? What if they call the police? I don’t know. Well, I can see a lot of you are asking me to give it one more try.
Okay. I’ll go talk to them and just pretend I got lost.
(Sound of a door opening and closing)
Excuse me. What the—? Ah!
(Sound of a door opening and closing, followed by an engine starting)
Whoa! What the hell was that? Damn. They had this big grin, and they were waving and running right toward me.
(Sound of a car moving)
That was really close. I’m freaked. You saw it, right? It was terrifying! If I’d started the car a second later, they would’ve reached me.
What the hell was that? A ghost? Are ghosts that corporeal?
First things first, I need to calm down. My heart is pounding.
I remember seeing a diner a ways back, so I’ll keep driving until I reach it.
Seriously, what was that? If you guys hadn’t told me to go back in, none of that would have happened. I’m kinda pissed. I can’t believe you guys. Do you wanna die? What? What are all these comments about? Huh? No, I’m not acting weird. What’s wrong? You guys are so irritating. Die, already. I’m way too terrified to head to the next location. But you all can’t wait, right? I swear I’m gonna kill all of you. Today was just so… Ugh, die alrea…
(Five minutes of incoherent muttering)
Everyone, how about we go to the mountain?
(End of broadcast)