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WARNING: This video may be cursed.
(posted at 2 channel)
32：Anonymous：2012/09/14(Fri) 21:36:50.74 ID:0kDZB7980
I want to introduce you to a video which was accidentally filmed after midnight.
But some people became uncomfortable or sick after watching this, so please watch it at your own risk.
34：Anonymous：2012/09/14(Fri) 21:40:10.94 ID:mCbN/oQ/0
>>32
YEAH!!!!!!!! I'm so looking forward to it~
119：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:07:10.51 ID:/CgMwVT/0
Hi, this is 32.
OK, so please turn off the lights in your room and open the door a crack before watching it.
I know I'm repeating myself but please watch it at your own risk.
The people filmed here are spirits who had come down from the other world.
This was filmed during the 30's Showa period (Note: 1955-64) at a certain Buddhist temple.
130：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:12:53.31 ID:F0GSbQxnO
>>119
You're not trying to curse us, are you?
I'll stay away from it
132：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:13:34.43 ID:msdMF4DGO
>>119
Those spirits were dumb enough to be filmed unaware?
144：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:17:36.41 ID:dpbfAOHu0
>>119
dangerdangerdangerdangerdangerdanger
163：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:29:42.08 ID:Cq1sC+2L0
>>119
I watched it for a few sec but then felt goosebumps spread throughout my body and quit watching
WARNING: This video may be cursed.
(posted at 2 channel)
32：Anonymous：2012/09/14(Fri) 21:36:50.74 ID:0kDZB7980
I want to introduce you to a video which was accidentally filmed after midnight.
But some people became uncomfortable or sick after watching this, so please watch it at your own risk.
34：Anonymous：2012/09/14(Fri) 21:40:10.94 ID:mCbN/oQ/0
>>32
YEAH!!!!!!!! I'm so looking forward to it~
119：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:07:10.51 ID:/CgMwVT/0
Hi, this is 32.
OK, so please turn off the lights in your room and open the door a crack before watching it.
I know I'm repeating myself but please watch it at your own risk.
The people filmed here are spirits who had come down from the other world.
This was filmed during the 30's Showa period (Note: 1955-64) at a certain Buddhist temple.
130：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:12:53.31 ID:F0GSbQxnO
>>119
You're not trying to curse us, are you?
I'll stay away from it
132：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:13:34.43 ID:msdMF4DGO
>>119
Those spirits were dumb enough to be filmed unaware?
144：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:17:36.41 ID:dpbfAOHu0
>>119
dangerdangerdangerdangerdangerdanger
163：Anonymous：2012/09/15(Sat) 00:29:42.08 ID:Cq1sC+2L0
>>119
I watched it for a few sec but then felt goosebumps spread throughout my body and quit watching
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ah by the way i watched it in the classroom so at least i didn't feel being at risk at all LOL
Btw, I watched the whole clip and felt a little pressure on the temporal bones the entire time. Not sure if that was because I pulled an allnighter or...
I feel cursed lol
Oh, I thought it was vice versa, as the way of recording is rather unusual. It is as if the video has been filmed by someone's eyes, "a psychic video" like in Koji Suzuki's "Ringu".
I wonder why the OP asked to open the door while watching it. Of course, psychologically, it may add to the sense of discomfort of the person who watches the video, but it is interesting whether there is another reason for such a request.
Saya, could you please tell us what is the gist of what the men are talking about?
And, of course, thank you for the translation and posting!
I've seen so many and I don't remember the last time youtube is filled with ghosts and monsters (except the comment sections) :D hahahaha
anyway, I like your stories
Thanks :D
Wow! I'm definitely not watching this alone.. if I watch it at all! I'd watch things like this but I don't want to get cursed.. Anyway, thank you for the post! :D
~Kiera
Creepyness. :p
Did you watch it, Saya-san?
Even though I'm dying of curiosity to watch the video, I still remember last time I watched a cursed one ^^'
Still, looks really creepy, just from the still pic I can see.
Btw, am I getting it wrong, or does he ask you to turn off the lights and open the door before watching to, if in case the spirits somehow get out from the video, they go past you and leave the room?
saya chan: do you understand the Japanese chant? could you enlighten us? :)
ahjusshi=It's how you called an elder(stranger) in korean...
Maybe it's too sudden and rude, but can i request a translation? I stumbled upon something that could be considered good here:
http://syarecowa.moo.jp/99/59.html
It's something called the "Kotori Box". I kinda understand that it's some kind of a cursed object, but i still don't have any ideas about the rest of the text due to my limited kanji knowledge.
So yeah, if it's appropriate, would you like to translate that? Or to a lesser extent, tells the summary of that text? Sorry if my request is too much. Thank you.
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inb4 i won't make this post off topic
i still don't know what's so scary with the video :I
NNNUUUP
NO
I TOO YOUNG TO BE CURSED
Oh yeah and one more thing about the vid.
The way the vid's poster (32) suddenly tells you to "turn off the lights and leave the door a crack" is suspicious and it looks as though he is trying to cast a curse on you by letting "something enter" in your room.
Actually this post is reminiscent of the famous 2chan post "おつかれさま(Otsukare-sama)," and in the original Japanese text, #130 mentions this famous post in his comment.
So originally #130 writes, "You're not trying to do Otsukare-sama on us, are you?"
I omitted this from my final translation because I thought leaving it as it is would just confuse you.
However, since one of my readers mentioned "Otsukare-sama" in the comments, I thought I would tell you about it too.
@Anon (1st): That isn't a trip, that's just an ID. You can read about the 2chan trip system in the "Kisaragi Station" post's footnote. He probably got a different ID because he posted the second post on a different day from the first post.
WHAT!? You watched the video while in classrom!? YOU NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY CHILD!
@Kira Collins: I think you're fine as long as you didn't turn the lights off and leave your room's door open as instructed (the reason for this is written above). So no worries! Thanks for the support! :D
@KC: Yep, that's me! :D
@tom nash: I don't know what the heck they're saying, unfortunately. It sounds like a prayer.
@Vương Nguyên Hồng: I think you're probably right. I'm not really familiar with how 2chan works either, because I never post anything there.
Oh, I hope you're alright. You were probably tired. Have a rest!
Don't let this thing get to you!
@Umbra84: Oh dear. Maybe you should drag you friend along to watch it with you! In that way you won't be the only victim. hahaha *evil laugh*
@Anon (10 Oct 21:04): That's the wisest thing you have done in this year, dear. XD
@regorgitated: That's an interesting observation you have there about the Ringu psychic video!
Oh and thank you for noticing the OP's weird request about the door! I wondered if anyone would notice it! lol
As I wrote in the comment above I think he said it because he wanted to let something enter in your room.
The sound in the video is so muffled that I can't understand a word of what they're saying. Sorry I'm not able to throw more light on it.
Thank you for your comment! :D
@Youkai Bro: That's the spirit, Bro! :D
Thank you for your comment!
@Sadae: Thanks for your advice about protection! I'm sure that will be useful for many readers who want to watch the video! :D
@Kiera: You're not watching it but you still leave such a sweet comment. :D Thank you for that!
@Kaitai: おつかれさま is a famous story and I know it very well. However that's something which is very hard to translate. One of those stories that can only be understood if it were in Japanese. I can give it a try but I can't promise you that I will publish it.
I also wrote something about the relationship between this post and おつかれさま in my first comment, so please check it out! Thanks for bringing it up anyway! :D
@Adorably Dead: How can someone as adorable as you be cursed? Impoossible! :D Have a nice day dear!
Yes, I did watch it. I usually watch all the videos I post (The only video I stopped watching halfway was Dir en grey's music video. I actually don't like blood and gore very much.)
I'm still alive, so it can't be THAT bad. :D haha
@Melancholy: I think it's good to be melancholy sometimes, don't you think? The trend in some countries (like US, Japan and other capitalist countries) is to be positive all the time, but that's unnatural for human beings.
Oh what happened last time you watched a cursed video??
Well noticed about the lights and door, dear. I suspect the OP is actually trying to curse us by making us do those things. So if you want to watch the vid, keep the lights on and shut the door tight! :D
And well...I have a very large confession to make.
You see, I have a club on my campus for otachans, not defined in the usual perjorative for the term mind you, and I just wanted to scare them all for Halloween. I called attention to the video and the website, so you may have some new people coming by perusing stories and such.
So...I apologize on behalf of my club as Club President.
Most of the club members laughed, I didn't feel so nervous watching it, and there was a good reception overall. We had large speakers emulating the chant in the room, but I think we messed up the curse. The room was brightly lit by the projector and the website, and we closed the door a few seconds in because the thing was heavy.
Being somewhat spiritually aware, I didn't think it would do much harm. And nothing really happened. I also think the video was taken at a time when the quality was shot, and someone else on the internet found it and tweaked it to a creepy degree.
Maybe we were spared from the curse by our collective blunder?
Anyways, later on that night, I was a little worried by exposing my members to it, maybe a tad regretful. But knowing all of them, they're positive, and they all have good, sensible, logical heads on their shoulders with awesome humor to boot. They're really great folks with interesting personalities and they're all passionate about Japanese pop culture.
I know you're going to reprimand me, or discipline me to some extent, but I just wanted to let you know we all enjoyed the scare.
However, I post this comment just to cover my bases. The club room could be changed a bit from that interference, but I don't know if we're all cursed together, or we're just having fun being scared, or if it's my imagination. I know that you said you were fine watching it and the like, and maybe my own little nagging doubt is getting the best of me, but:
Would you know how to lift a curse of this caliber, and if so, how? And is there anything to fight it off? (I'm going to try and nip this thing in the bud.)
And, well, if you don't have an answer for me, it's alright. Maybe a technique to purify and exorcise the room wouldn't hurt. Or, I should go to some Buddhist temple to ask for assistance.
I would very much appreciate a reply soon.
Thank you
&
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
:D
From,
Poteto-chan
With this type of curse, the best defense is NOT TO WORRY about it.
This curse is akin to HYPNOSIS.
The actual video is probably harmless. All the info the OP gives about the video, and all the stuff about "turn the lights off and open the door," and how some people became sick after watching it, are just a ruse to make you believe the curse is real.
You must have heard of "the law of attraction," right? If you believe strongly that something will happen, the chances of it happening will increase - that sort of thing.
The mind is a powerful tool.
If you believe that something bad will happen to you, you might be increasing the chances of bad things happening to you.
So, I want to say, forget that watched the video....
BUT that is easier said than done, I know.
That's a bit like telling you "don't imagine a pink elephant."
What it does is that it makes you imagine a pink elephant even more.
So, I think you need some tools to get rid of the harmful after-efffects of the video.
I'm not an expert in spiritual matters, but I have a few suggestions you might like to try.
■ Put a tiny little mountain of natural salt in each of the four corners of your room.
■ Carry around salt with you.
■ Burn incense
■ Chant a Heart Sutra (goolge "heart sutra" and you'll reach a page that tells you how to chant it)
■ Alternatively chant any prayers you know!
■ If you have a shrine or temple near you, go get talismans. If there aren't any, go to church or other religious insitutions and get whatever sacred objects that are avialable(eg. holy water, a cross, the sacred scriptures)
■ Keepsakes from your loved ones can be helpful too. Like a teddy bear your late grandma gave you. The spirit of loved ones, or their protective feelings which they left in those objects, will help to protect you.
■ I think one of my readers mentioned this in her comment, but imagining a protective aura surrounding your body will help. Whenever you get scared, imagine you're surrounded by shiny scared light that will bounce off any curse.
OK so I think that's about all I can come up with right now.
I hope my suggestions have been able to put your mind at rest. If I find any more useful info regarding the lifting of curse, I'll let you know!
Take care and happy halloween! :D
Love, Saya
However, I don't think that if one day I meet a Yurei, swearing at it in Russian will be of much help.
The next time I come across any sort of cursed video, I'll be vigilant and aware of the hypnosis effect and the implication therein (in which case, I will most likely avoid those videos, since I am a bit of a scaredy cat, nyah (^w^ ;)—maybe I was a little too hasty in my tiny assumption of the video's authenticity and my perceived error in self-judgment).
In regards to the reaction, I think what really scared me was the potential of the video being real rather than the actuality of its origins. The 'Law of Attraction' and this incident are proof the mind as an absolutely fascinating place—I often wonder how we experience everything we do, and at the same time, I'm glad I have one, since it can be burdensome sometimes (^-^).
Uncertainty paired with a little nagging doubt, made me uneasy (but this website is awesome and you posted stories, videos, and pictures that have awesome scare quality, and I can't thank you enough for your hard work m(_ _)m). Again, thank you for all of your helpful suggestions, Saya, I will be sure to follow through (if this post seems a little choppy, it was because I wrote another one, but incidentally x'd out of it and it was a whole lot longer (; >.<), apologies)!
Sincerely,
Poteto-chan
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Another HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Phoenix, Arizona, USA ^(^o^)^!
@桔子: Sorry I can't make out what they're saying either! :(
@BlueRio: oh you speak Korean? Cool. Korean language sounds kinda cute. Hmmm I don't know why the camera zoomed in on that face. Strange, isn't it?
@Streakhaven: Hi! How are you? It's great that you finally decided to post a comment! :D I always welcome comments from new readers!
Yes, I know that story, dear.
Some other people also wanted me to translate "Kotori box." It's a long story and the text is quite messed up. The writing style is kinda similar to "Reverse S ward" story. Even I got confused reading it! XD
But sure, I'm gonna try to translate it for your guys, but be warned that it's gonna take some time to do the job.
I agree this video is a bit creepy but not scary. But the problem here is that the OP used it to cast a curse on people. I explained the nature of this type of curse in the reply I made to Poteto-chan's comment above. Please read that if you're interested.
Anyway, thanks a lot fo the comment! :D
@Diogo Valverde: Oh my goodness, you got a mysterious cut on your forehead? Aww I hope you're alright. I know that you have sometimes had strange paranormal experiences in the past! Yes it's better to be on the safe side and not watch it! o_0 Be very careful, dear. I should post an article about a purification ritual soon, because a lot of people seem to be getting nervous because of this video!
@Rika: Yes, you should always value your youth, dear. Take care!
@Cat: That's right! Spot on! You have a very sharp mind, my friend!
@Afif: Good for you! I'm glad it doesn't affect you! :D
@regorgitated: haha, that's right! When you're already noticing that in alot of these stories when someone gets into trouble, the solution is just go to a shrine and get purified. It's funny and even Japanese peole are saying "oh a ghost story with a shrine! Not again!" LOL
Oh that's interesting! So you people just swear in your hearts! XD I'm sure it works too! Because if you've read the story called "Deformity" from My Master's Series, the Master says there that a lot ghosts are just like normal people and they get intimidated by the same things as normal people do.
So I think if you swear in Russian at Yurei, it would freak out thinking "omg I dunno what's he saying but he's angry and sounds scary! I'd better go away!" XD
THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR COMMENTS, everyone! <3
Another thing - you should make your room sparkling clean before putting salt in the corners of your room. Evil spirits love unclean places.
Also you can get paper-taslismas from a shrine or temple and put them in the four corners too.
Maybe I should do more research and post about some purification rituals you can do by yourself. I realise that some of my readers have a hightened sensitivity about spiritual matters, and I don't want them to get too worried or frightened!
Thanks a lot for your sweet comment! I hope to hear from you again! (And you're from Arizona? Cool!)
Take care! ;)
@Chris M: Yes, dear, by all means do so. It might make your room an even safer place than it is now!
@Anon (18 Oct): Hello, dear. I'm sorry you have been having those scary experiences...
I suggest you first clean up your room (evil spirits hate clean places) and put a little heap of natural salt in the four corner of your room. And try some stuff I suggested to Poteto-chan above. Try them first and if they don't work, you might have to seek professional help. But I'm pretty sure those things will work!
Take care and don't worry too much, OK? We'll be there to support you!
THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS!
As I have prepared some pure salt, and chanting some mantras (I tried using some from Heart Sutra), still it doesn't do anything, the foul odor haven't gone yet, and strangely enough (this is real experience, not a some sort of horror movie cliche) the lights in my room starts to flicker on and off, I gently spread salt all over my self and burnt some incense, for a minute, suddenly my lights went out, I ran out from my room, and dashed straight to my parents room, right before I closed the door, I throw some leftover salt to it and double lock the door, gladly I had a safe and pleasant sleep, the next day I immediately spread salt all over my room, and cleaned it as soon as possible, I am so grateful that these days there no more "activities" that occurs within my room. But hell I am a sucker for creepy stuffs, next time I would like to try some of the cursed rituals by my own, just for experience and curiousness, well, curiosity kills the cat, and I'm not hoping to be that cat.
This "chant" sounds like something from a dream I've had as a child. I wonder if I've heard this somewhere.
I'm semi-interested in figuring what it is. It definitely is unsettling but I'll see what this video is like under it's right conditions, etc.
I find this strange because there's no wind flowing and nobody else is in the house.
I don't think I should watch this...
Also, the law of attraction you mentioned Saya, the bookworm folk calls it the nocebo. As the placebo heals you because you believe it will, the nocebo does the exact opposite.
strange thing it looks it came from YT but it's nowhere in my history.
@K-Ono: Oh you heard this in a dream? How very curious! Please don't follow the instruction and watch it with your door open though. That's a ruse.
@kirajuuno: Hello! I'm sorry you had to wait for a long time until you got my reply! Is this the first time you comment? Welcome! :D
Don't watch it if you feel uneasy about it! The video only shows some people (or spiriits?) chanting some prayer of sort.
Anyway thank you for your support and take care! :D
@Shadowrunner240: Oh! Has the cold gone away?
@Anon (31 Oct): Oh dear. May be it's your guardian spirit warning you of the danger!
@sunember123: You know, I put warnings on the sidebar of the blog and at each post too, but sometimes people still complain that I didn't put enough warnings! But people should know what sort of this blog is by now! haha :D
It's the first time I heard the word nocebo. That's funny! XD I shall remember to use it next time.
@Anon (4 Nov): what!? why are you even here if you don't believe in supernatural stuff? Be gone, you infidel!! XD
THANK YOU ALL for your lovely comments!
i just watch it and right now i must be pretty much cursed :c
but to be cursed is not that bad, I actually do not feel or see anything different.
I'm going to die am i ?
emmm thank you saya for all this years of creepy stories and curses to give to the world ;3
greetings from Chile !
raise your hand if you're cursed lol
yabai.... T_T)
I watched this video at the library at school, so the lights were on but the door was open. I didn't feel creeped out or have goosebumps watching it, but last night, the same day I watched it, I would hear noises. But only when I would turn off the light. I heard movement, like when air swooshes by a person. And then I heard tapping sounds echoing through the house. I figured it was drafts and the house settling.
Then I heard breathing, and hard scratching on my carpet, like something was trying to claw the granite under it. I turned on the light and it stopped; my room was empty and my dog was still locked in the tiled room where her bed is. When I turned the lights off again, I heard that swooshing air again and then a hard tap on plastic right by where my CD case is. I ended up sleeping with the lights on. T^T
I love your blog Saya,and I really appreciate you taking the time to translate and post for English-speakers!
actually have been browsing your blog since a long time ago, just so this time I was rewatching some of the videos.
anyway my thought is that, probably it is an old recording (analog tape reel and all) of a religious chanting session. what makes it more than just another religious chanting, from my uneducated guess, is that
- this was not your mainstream buddhist/shinto group, but an syncretic group: a religious group that combined, mixed, or fused ideologies from different religions as one.
- the men shown probably either just normal folks, or maybe from a higher social class. what are they chanting or praying only they know (or maybe they're just mindlessly chanting?)
and since it's an old recording presented in digital format (tape transfer and converted to digital video), I'm also guessing the original uploader could have manupilated the audio so the voices sounded low pitch
anyway looking forward to more of your post!
also shout out to anyone reading this in this last quarter of 2018!