Translated from Japanese into English by Saya
A cryptic story for you! :)
I was out for a walk when I heard a woman's loud scream.
"Aaaagh!"
Startled, I ran to the place where the scream came from and saw a woman sitting on the road in front of an iron plate measuring around 2m in length, 2m in width and 50cm thick.
I tried to talk to the woman but she was too stunned to talk.
A man dressed in construction worker's clothes came up to me and explained what had happened.
It seemed the iron plate was dropped to the ground while they were working overhead on the building.
It looked like nobody got hurt. The woman just fell to the ground due to shock.
But I felt shivers run through me as I looked at the black iron plate on top of red tiles.
I went home after that, but in the late afternoon before the sunset, I visited the scene of the accident again.
The iron plate was still there. Probably due to its very heavy weight they hadn't yet been able to remove it.
The area was cordoned off with a security guard standing in front of it.
The woman I had seen earlier was still there. I went to talk to her.
"What happened earlier must have been quite shocking."
The woman replied,
"Yes, I was so shocked. Especially when I heard the scream."
A cryptic story for you! :)
I was out for a walk when I heard a woman's loud scream.
"Aaaagh!"
Startled, I ran to the place where the scream came from and saw a woman sitting on the road in front of an iron plate measuring around 2m in length, 2m in width and 50cm thick.
I tried to talk to the woman but she was too stunned to talk.
A man dressed in construction worker's clothes came up to me and explained what had happened.
It seemed the iron plate was dropped to the ground while they were working overhead on the building.
It looked like nobody got hurt. The woman just fell to the ground due to shock.
But I felt shivers run through me as I looked at the black iron plate on top of red tiles.
I went home after that, but in the late afternoon before the sunset, I visited the scene of the accident again.
The iron plate was still there. Probably due to its very heavy weight they hadn't yet been able to remove it.
The area was cordoned off with a security guard standing in front of it.
The woman I had seen earlier was still there. I went to talk to her.
"What happened earlier must have been quite shocking."
The woman replied,
"Yes, I was so shocked. Especially when I heard the scream."
Comments
It also reminds me of The Final Destination 2, lol.
Thank you for such a nice story!
Was my answer is correct?
Poor thing :(
-nunu-
i think the woman screaming is the woman in shocked due to her being crushed beneath the iron plate.. this comes clearer when the construction guy came to the story teller not to the woman in shock. If you are the construction worker, will you go to the guy that comes late or to the woman on site thats in shock?
so there was 2 woman, one sitting in the ground, the second is who were crushed under the plate.
but I think Petzie had a point there, the construction worker should come to the lady first than to the narrator. (if there was really a lady there...)
That doesn't mean someone didn't die...
Also, the end of the story was quite a plot twist for me, hehe, and made me rethink what happened. I think a woman was flattened by the iron plate, thus making the tiles red. The other woman at the scene may or may not have seen the first woman be crushed (perhaps her back was to the crushed woman to begin with or she was a little farther away), but she definitely heard it and was shocked by the sudden scream. Then again, this is just my guess~ I see others have similar answers to mine, but perhaps we will see one that is different than the rest and makes us re-question our original thoughts! Anyways, I hope all is well with you, Saya (and of course, the other commentators too)! ^w^
@ yugiohaddictedfan7 : now that I think about it, it's the most reasonable explanation to the story ! it also explain why there is no 'bang' sound because the plate didn't bang, it screamed.
Well, back when I was 6 - 7 years old, about 18 or so years ago my family and I used to live in an apartment complex. It was a simple two bedroom. My three siblings and I shared the larger bedroom and my parents took another so you can imagine it was pretty cramped. We had two beds and our beds were positioned so that mine was right next to the window, furthest away from the door. Well, one night, I woke up. I glanced at my alarm clock and it was exactly 12:00 midnight. I didn't think too much of it but I had to pee... I slowly edged my way off my bed not daring to make a sound and walked out the bedroom. My eyes were pretty accustomed to the darkness so I didn't bother to turn on the lights. The bathroom was just a couple steps away from my room anyways. Well, for some reason I decided to look to my right towards the living room. There I saw something, it was a black figure sitting on one of our sofas. It looked like a person. It was sitting as stiff as a statue staring straight ahead at a quilt we hung there. I got scared so I quickly ducked behind the nearest sofa. After a couple seconds which seemed like eternity, I slowly stood up. I don't know what I was thinking.. maybe it was to confirm if what I saw was really there. I slowly peeked over the sofa and there it was. Not too far it was sitting in the same position as it was before. This time it must had noticed me as it slowly turned it's head to face me. I got scared so I immediately jumped up. The black figure stood up as well. It came towards me, with it's hand outreached as if it was going to come capture me. I quickly flipped on the light switch and it disappeared. I quickly went to bed after that. I told my parents in the morning but they just assured me that it was nothing.
As usual you all came up with interesting theories and I enjoyed reading them all!
One "answer" I heard on the web is that there is a woman crushed dead beneath the iron plate but no one has noticed it yet!
It's interesting that some of you think that the woman talking to the narrator is a ghost! I think that's possible.
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@Wa Yang: Oh my god! That must have been so scary! I would have fainted if I saw a black figure like that in my own house! You did a right move when you flipped on the light. I'm glad you're safe!
And thanks a bunch for sharing the story. I'm sure other people here enjoyed reading your story as much as I did! :D
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Thank you for the update.