Presence

Have you ever felt a presence behind you while washing your hair in the bathroom?
The thing is not actually behind you but above you.

Comments

So you can look behind you but don't ever look up! :D
Unknown said…
Damn it, I guess no shower for this week too
Mon said…
Now I won't be able to help myself and I'll be looking up every time I'm washing my hair! Wish me luck! :P
George V said…
That is why you should keep your bathroom clean so the akaname does not show up above you.
Haem said…
Guess it's time to shave my head :D
allucinator said…
Ah, spiders; they are friends.
Anonymous said…
I already don't close my eyes while I shower/wash my hair or look down,,,TT
Axel said…
'People never look up' is my favourite horror thing (that isn't a story title or anything, I just mean the concept). It isn't much of a spook for me though, with how low my ceilings are- I generally have a good idea if even a little spider's up there.
Wait a minute… no shower for this week "too"?
How long is it since you last took a shower? LOL

If you ever intend to come to Japan, you should take care of your personal hygiene more, because Japanese people usually expect a high stardard of cleanliness from others. Haven't you heard of "smell harassment"? XD
Yes, there's Tarako Kewpie above your head! XD
Well I never! I didn't expect to hear such a lesser-known Yokai's name from you! I had to look up in Wikipedia to remind myself what akaname was! XD
What!? My blog readers are so extreme! There's one above who swears he won't take a shower and here you are declaring you'll shave your hair! XD
Mr. Kurt Ma.Coll, witty as ever! XD
You are welcome, Sir/Madam!
Don't cry! Smile, dearie, because bad ghosts don't come to people who are in a good mood! :D
I hate to have a spider in my bathroom because I have to try very hard to avoid killing it by accidentally splashing water over it :D
George V said…
First heard of him(?) in the book Yokai Attack by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda and more recently in an episode of Gegege No Kitaro.
Gabriel said…
Oh heavens, this is so simple yet so effective! Though I personally never felt a presence behind me, I usually think it's right in front of my face - so that when I open my eyes after rinsing, there'll be a spooky thing staring me in the eye :d

Thanks as usual, and take care and be safe! May no monsters ever be crawling on your ceiling.
CreanJinSung said…
I am fine with that. I will love it even xD
Rizuki said…
It's time to get bald
Wait XD Is a trend among you to go overboard like that?
Axel said…
I wash some down, although I'd rather not. We mostly get cave spiders (we live in a basement) but we also get wolf spiders and enormous (for Canada) house spiders, and they all congregate in the bathroom for some reason. When there's a cave spider hatching, you can usually find at least a dozen at a time, and they're only 1-2mm and hard to spot (that's how they end up getting sprayed).
Axel said…
I wash some down the drain. I'd rather not but there are a lot. We get cave spiders especially (we live in a basement), but also wolf spiders and house spiders, which are sometimes enormous (at least for Canada).

All of the spiders live in the bathroom for some reason. When there's a cave spider hatching we get enough that you can easily find a dozen, even though they're only 1-2mm; that's how so many end up getting washed away.

(if there's a nigh-identical comment above this, it's because blogger did something weird when it forced me to put in a display name)
Unknown said…
well damn they better help me wash my back then if ghosts are gonna rudely hang around while i'm showering!

seriously though, i love short but effective horror stories like this, my first reaction was "nope nope nope!"
Unknown said…
Hi saya! First time commenting here. Just want to tell you that I started reading/visiting your blogspot since 2013. I felt sad when you stopped posting back in 2015. So happy that you're back! Anyway, it was a bad coincidence when I read this inside the bathroom with the fact that I work graveyard shift and take a bath very late at night. Goodluck to me not remembering this story
Hi Ernest! Thank you for your comment! I'm sorry I scared you with this story! XD May your guardiang angle protect you! Good luck and take care! :D
Anonymous said…
But i just Washed My Hair today
but i looked up and nothing was there
you can now think i have died
Are you sure there wasn't anything there?😆✨