Previously: The Pied Piper. Type: Unclassifiable. Subject has elements characteristic of EVs (Electronic Viruses), UCDs (Unusual Communication Devices), and IHs (Information Hazards); however, Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The NNN Special Broadcast (“Tomorrow’s Victims”)
Japan
The Most Dangerous Games: One Man Chit-Chat
Previously: The Elevator Game, Revisited. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. There isn’t much to the Japanese ritual game Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: One Man Chit-Chat
The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited
Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. When I first covered the rules for the ritual game known, variously, as the Elevator Game, the Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited
The Most Dangerous Games: Salt Magic Ritual (Shiomajinai)
Previously: The Welcome Home Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. What would you do if I told you there was a simple, Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Salt Magic Ritual (Shiomajinai)
Hunting Hobgoblins In The Yokai Streets And Villages Of Japan
Previously: Bic Camera Namba, Osaka, Japan I was delighted recently to stumble upon a Wikipedia page — both on the English language Wikipedia site and the Japanese one — titled “Japanese haunted Continue Reading > about Hunting Hobgoblins In The Yokai Streets And Villages Of Japan
The Most Dangerous Games: The Welcome Home Game
Previously: The One Who Answers. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. Like many Japanese ritual games, the Welcome Home Game — Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Welcome Home Game
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak
Previously: Jack O’ Lantern. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: It is generally accepted that subject, known as Aka Manto (赤マント) or the Red Cloak, first appeared in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Sandbox Woman
Previously: Crybaby Bridge. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: 1980s or early 1990s, the northern areas of the island of Kyushu, Japan. Appearance: Subject, known by Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Sandbox Woman