538: Anonymous Ghost Story Fan (2004/08/09 10:41 ID:3sn8tZ0H)
When I was in sixth grade, I was standing on the platform at T Station on the S Railway Line when a man I didn’t know said to me:
“If you wait here just a little longer, you’ll see someone jump in front of the train.”
But I was on my way to buy a video game, so I said no and left.
When I came back to the station after buying the game, there was a commotion. The station staff looked pale, almost in tears.
When I went down to the platform to buy a ticket, I saw a pair of blood-soaked sandals.
An older woman I didn’t know grabbed my hand and said,
“Kids shouldn’t see this,”
and gave me some change to take the bus home instead.
When I got home, my parents told me that a woman had jumped in front of the train.
When I was twenty, I was working part-time at a building near Y Station.
One day, I saw a man who looked very much like that same person.
He said to me:
“A woman is going to jump off the roof of this building soon.
She’ll land halfway down, caught on the roof of the café.
You should go watch during your break.”
I told my junior coworker about it, and he said,
“It’s just your imagination. Let’s switch break times.”
So we switched.
But my coworker didn’t come back from his break.
Then the assistant manager called me over.
He said,
“You’re working straight through today.”
I later found out that a woman had really jumped,
and just like the man had said, she was caught on the café roof.
The assistant manager said to me,
“I sent your coworker home because he saw it.
I saw it too, but I can’t leave my post.
And listen—if that man ever speaks to you again,
never go where he tells you to.”
He was furious—almost terrified.
I couldn’t handle staying there after that and ended up quitting the job.
I still don’t understand what that man wanted.
Why did he want me to see those things?
What would he have done if I had?
544: Anonymous Ghost Story Fan (2004/08/09 11:49 ID:rYqYc6KW)
>>538
Is that a true story?
545: Anonymous Ghost Story Fan (2004/08/09 12:08 ID:3sn8tZ0H)
>>538 here.
Yes, it’s true. Both the train and the building incidents were reported in the K Newspaper.
The man looked to be in his fifties, small in stature, and had a kind, gentle face.
The more I think about it, the stranger it all seems.
“T Station on the S Railway” — Typical anonymization used on 2ch to hide real names while keeping the story realistic.
Train and building suicides — Sadly common in Japanese urban folklore and reality; many stories and taboos have grown around them.
The stranger’s warnings echo the motif of a yogen-sha (予言者) — a prophetic or supernatural being who predicts death, often linked to fate or spirits in Japanese horror.
“K Newspaper” — Indicates a major national daily (e.g., Mainichi, Yomiuri, or Asahi), lending credibility.
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