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Ghost stories still surround Japan Tsunami

By T.K. Randall
February 22, 2014 · Comment icon 26 comments

The disaster killed thousands. Image Credit: Samuel Morse
A series of strange tales and incidents have appeared in the wake of the devastating 2011 tsunami.
Nearly 20,000 people lost their lives when an undersea earthquake produced a huge tidal wave that struck the east coast of Japan. Now as the country and its people continue to rebuild in the wake of the disaster a strange new subculture of eerie tales and ghost stories has arisen surrounding the fate of its victims.
Some of the more well known stories include that of a fire station in Tagajo which started to receive a series of odd phone calls. The calls seemed to originate from buildings that had been completely demolished by the tsunami and which no longer had working phone lines. Only when the firefighters prayed for the spirits of those who had died did the mysterious phone calls cease.

Another story from the region is that of a Sendai cab driver who claimed that one day he picked up a sad looking man who asked to be taken to an address that had been destroyed in the disaster. A short time later the driver checked his mirror and realized that the man had disappeared, but drove to the requested destination anyway and opened the cab door so that his ghostly passenger could get out and go home.

Source: Newser.com | Comments (26)




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Comment icon #17 Posted by FizzPuff 10 years ago
That is so interesting. Sad also.
Comment icon #18 Posted by coldethyl 10 years ago
Interesting dream K. Thanks for the links.
Comment icon #19 Posted by Ceridwen_9 10 years ago
I don't have problems accepting the possibility of these accounts being true or continuing to happen for some time. The event was massive enough to imprint on more than just this dimension, as quite a few people have experiences of sensing and feeling the 'sudden mass departure' and earth pains, 24 hrs before the event happened. I was one of them. hello, i'm new but this subject (feeling something like this before it happened) pulled me out of lurking mode.i believe that some of the stories could be true,of course there are always people like the woman that faked being in the world trade cente... [More]
Comment icon #20 Posted by Vance665 10 years ago
Post your photos, I would like to see them.
Comment icon #21 Posted by DestinyRoad 10 years ago
It's not hard to believe a place like this would be haunted. Just thinking of the intense emotions all those poor people went through and they're bound to leave an imprint.
Comment icon #22 Posted by bLu3 de 3n3rgy 10 years ago
ummm just wondering why am i an 'alien embryo'?,cause i'm like a new and unknown entity?. that's cute if it is. Yup that's why lol. I love your avatar btw
Comment icon #23 Posted by davros of skaro 10 years ago
I wonder if Hiroshima, and Nagasaki have ghosts, or did they get vaporized along with the flesh?
Comment icon #24 Posted by Erowin 10 years ago
Japan is so nice to its ghosts
Comment icon #25 Posted by Rose-Red Howler 10 years ago
I wonder if Hiroshima, and Nagasaki have ghosts, or did they get vaporized along with the flesh? People did report seeing phantoms of the former cities. Many hear the sounds of ghostly screams. http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/08/19/japans-haunted-places/
Comment icon #26 Posted by EllJay 10 years ago
If you are interested in ghosts after the tsunami in Japan, you should read this: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n03/richard-lloydparry/ghosts-of-the-tsunami It is a bit long, but pretty rewarding.


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