Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There
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Gather round. This happened in Japan in January of 2004. Just past 11 on a Thursday night, Hasumi caught the last train home from work at Shin Hamamatsu. It was about a 33-minute trip, with a stop every few minutes, and she knew every station by heart. But tonight was different. About 20 minutes in, the train didn't stop once. 30 minutes, 40 minutes, the train just kept going, and Hasumi was getting nervous. Finally, 90 minutes later, the train stopped. Hasumi got off at Kisaragi Station. Hasumi was confused. She never heard of Kisaragi Station. Well, that's because it doesn't exist.
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hasumi documented the bizarre train ride in real time she logged into two channel the biggest message board in japan she opened a thread in a channel where people share strange stories and she was living one but her early messages were calm and polite the way you talk if something weird was happening but you were sure there was a normal explanation so she laid out the story post by post as it happened
Has anyone heard anything about the Hamamatsu train? Did they switch it to an express train? It's not stopping at any stations.
Users responded quickly. It was late, but this is the kind of message board that comes alive at night. Hasumi wrote about the train not stopping at stations, like it was an express train. But this line had no express. And Hasumi wasn't alone. were five other people on the train but something felt off they were all asleep but not the way commuters doze off when you fall asleep on a train or a plane your head kind of just hangs when you hit a bump you snap up for a second and then drift off again they weren't doing this those people were out almost like they were sedated hasumi expected someone to wake up and be as confused as she was but
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