Horrifying Haunts

[creepy music] I heard this story from a senior at university when we went out drinking one time.

When he was just a baby, his parents got divorced and his mother raised him alone.

They had no money, so she couldn't take him to kindergarten, meaning that she often left him at home alone.

One day, she left work early, but when she got home, she heard him talking to someone.

Surprised, she looked at him and saw him talking to the air and nodding as though listening to someone else.

Apparently, he himself didn't really remember this, but he did realize from a young age that something like a black shadow was often nearby.

This black shadow was his friend and often acted like his parent.

When he was alone, it would speak gently to him and play with him as well.

When he was young, he apparently thought of the black shadow as his father.

Of course, his real father was somewhere else.

Finding this all a little suspicious, his mother started watching him around the clock, and so the black shadow disappeared.

But even now, he says he can still sense it nearby sometimes.

Apparently, it hides under the bed or behind doors, and it smiles somewhat sadly at him.

Hey, guys, I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.