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This is a cryptic story!
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On the way to work I always walk past an empty apartment block which is due to be demolished soon.
The place however has become a famous suicide spot because people keep jumping off it. I've heard rumours of ghost sightings in and around the building too.
Moreover, there are very few street lamps around the area so it gets quite creepy at night.
One night I had worked overtime and had to walk past it around 11pm. I was really scared. Then I thought I spotted some shadow on the rooftop of the building.
"!!??"
I thought my heart would stop right there.
I looked carefully again and this time I was sure that there was a person standing on the rooftop.
Oh no, is it a ghost...?
Just as I thought that, the shadow jumped off.
I heard a crash and saw a woman's body sprawled on the concrete road.
I immediately called the ambulence and rushed to the woman's side.
She was bloody all over and her legs were twisted in weird directions.
She wasn't a ghost but the whole thing scared the hell out of me.
I saw some people leaning over the balconies of the apartment and thought they must have heard the crash and come out to see what was going on.
Soon the ambulence arrived and took her away.
I went home but couldn't sleep for the rest of the night because I kept replaying the accident in my mind.
The next day I was informed that the woman was severely injured but alive.
I'm glad it ended up as just a suicide attempt.
If she had died it would have left me with a trauma.
This is a cryptic story!
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On the way to work I always walk past an empty apartment block which is due to be demolished soon.
The place however has become a famous suicide spot because people keep jumping off it. I've heard rumours of ghost sightings in and around the building too.
Moreover, there are very few street lamps around the area so it gets quite creepy at night.
One night I had worked overtime and had to walk past it around 11pm. I was really scared. Then I thought I spotted some shadow on the rooftop of the building.
"!!??"
I thought my heart would stop right there.
I looked carefully again and this time I was sure that there was a person standing on the rooftop.
Oh no, is it a ghost...?
Just as I thought that, the shadow jumped off.
I heard a crash and saw a woman's body sprawled on the concrete road.
I immediately called the ambulence and rushed to the woman's side.
She was bloody all over and her legs were twisted in weird directions.
She wasn't a ghost but the whole thing scared the hell out of me.
I saw some people leaning over the balconies of the apartment and thought they must have heard the crash and come out to see what was going on.
Soon the ambulence arrived and took her away.
I went home but couldn't sleep for the rest of the night because I kept replaying the accident in my mind.
The next day I was informed that the woman was severely injured but alive.
I'm glad it ended up as just a suicide attempt.
If she had died it would have left me with a trauma.
Comments
For these things I always tend to just read someone else's explanatin rather than working it out by myself! XD
I remember walking in my street with my friend, and we both saw this weird old woman, without a trace, she just left. She wasn't a neighbor who I recognized either. o.o
but then it wouldn't be cryptic would it?
What I like about this story is that it's not about what happened. Rather, it's about what wasn't supposed to happen. That layer of subtlety makes all the difference.
P.S. I found your blog a while ago, Saya, and I couldn't stop reading your posts. I especially like the cryptic stories. I still couldn't watch the videos though ;__;
@Diogo: yeah it's subtle and you'd probably miss it if you hadn't already known that it's a cryptic story! :D
@Tia: I think this is one of my favourite cryptic story! Indeed very chilling! Thank you for thanking me! :D <3
@caramichi: it is very possible, dear! These cryptic stories are fun because you can interpret them in many ways! :)
Oh! I hope you don't get too scared reading the stories! Yeah videos are terrifying I don't want to watch them either but I have to because I'm the one who's posting them! lol
You can watch Tarako Kewpie and Usavich, they are not scary at all, just funny! :D
@Nanami: my own interpretation is that they were ghosts and they egged the girl on to commit suicide??
Oh an old woman's ghost! It's the scariest! o_0
@Prisilia: you've done a great job, dear :D
@Scaryheidel: You're right! :D it is way scarier than the descripton about the suicide attempt!
Saya Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ I forgot to say, please take a look at this little story♡ -->
http://princesspon.tumblr.com/post/35235220116/gothnrollx-kids-drawings-and-imaginations-when
I'm not sure if it is fake or not but it's a little creepy isn't it!
@Princess: My, my! That little girl's drawings and the story! Really creeped me out! Very entertaining at the same time though! Thank you very much for showing it to me! :D Really cool!
the neighborhood who's looking from the balcony, was supposed to be empty rite?
i always love the cryptic section! :D
@Tani: Tani!!!!!!!
It's wonderful to see you here again!!!:D
I've been wondering about you too!
You are one of my nicest readers!!
I've never forgotten how generous you were to us in Japan, when the earthquake hit us last year!
I thank you again. :D with love.
And if I could help everyone affected by the earthquake, then that is enough for me.
I do like this story. Like everyone else has pointed out- the apartment was supposed to be empty but the narrator sees people looking down. But there is also something scary about the narrator. He/she seems more worried about himself than the woman. How cold!
When reading cryptic stories, make sure that you solve them.
The stories, when read, are pretty much like other stories... The human mind filter informations that it deems unimportant, but the subconscious remembers every detail. The subconscious (usually)already knows about the stories' anomalies, so then it may try to alarm you by uneasy gut feeling or perhaps show the meaning through dreams (giving nightmares).
Solving the stories prevent these, as the conscious mind realizes the truth of the stories.
But to me, the more amusing stuff is the first writer of cryptic story, because I see his mind as somewhat perverse and dark, to first make this stuffs.
During those difficult times I was reminded once again that differences in nationalities, races, languages, religious beliefs etc are just superficial matters, that we are all humans at heart and can be united by the single thing - love.
Anyway back to the story :)
That's interesting what you said about the narrator, I never thought there was something creepy about him! Thank you for your opinion!
@Anon: Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! I'm always to happy to get different perspectives on the stories I post!
It never occured to me to look at these cryptic stories in that way. What you're saying is very interesting indeed.
A good thing that some of our more shap-minded readers have been able to solve the mystery for our peace of mind! LOL
Keep these cryptics coming, Saya! They're the second best (the first being the Inexplicables)!
Thank you dear. I'm glad you enjoy these stories.
The trouble is, some of the very good cryptic stories are impossible to understand unless you know Japanese!
But I will try to translate all the ones that are translatable! :D
I haven't got it >"<
You said: the woman wasn't human because it was "an empty apartment block".
But I think maybe the woman just went there to commit suicide because that place "has become a famous suicide spot because people keep jumping off from it". It's present perfect and present simple @@
I re read this post after years and now i have different perspective.
It said that "she's alive, it was failed attempted suicide" and "thank god she's alive, so i don't have a trauma", so i don't think she's a ghost. But it was attempted suicide, so won't she attempt again? And the narrator have a chance of encountering her suicide the 2nd time which likely she'll be really dead considering her already broken body.
But considering the building is supposed to be empty, the people on the ceiling (?) are supposed to be ghost.