The Other World (Short Horror Stories)

Kisaragi Station

A 2ch story from 2004, posted in the middle of a thread called “Post About Strange Occurrences Around You: Thread 26.” The poster was anonymous at first, but started attaching their name later.

For your convenience, #??? and Hasumi indicate posts made by the thread creator. #2ch indicates a post made by any other 2chan user, they are not all the same person.

Please enjoy this story.

#???

This may just be my imagination… Can I post it anyway?

#2ch

Go ahead.

#2ch

What’s going on?

#???

I’ve been riding a certain train for a while, but something seems off.

#2ch

Hmm…

#???

I always take this train to work. But it hasn’t stopped at any stations for the past twenty minutes or so. It usually only takes five minutes, seven or eight at worst. Oh, and there’s five other passengers, but they’re all sleeping.

#2ch

Did you take the express train by mistake?

#2ch

Is it a high-speed train?

#???

Well, it’s possible I may have just missed my stop. I’ll wait a little longer. If anything else strange occurs, I might bring it up here.

#2ch

Try going to the car on the end to see the conductor, maybe?

#2ch

It would be really bad if the driver had an epileptic fit or something. You should check on the conductor!

#???

Still not sign of stopping, so all right, I’ll take a look.

#???

There were blinds or something covering the window, so I couldn’t see the conductor or the driver. The route is a private railway in Shizuoka.

#2ch

Knock on the window?

Hasumi

I tried that, but nobody answered.

#2ch

Can you see out the window?

Names of stations you’re passing, etc.

Hasumi

We came out a tunnel, so we’re dropping speed slightly. There usually aren’t any tunnels, though… It’s a train from Shin-Hamamatsu.

Hasumi

Looks like we’re finally stopping at a station.

#2ch

You aren’t going to get off there… are you?

Hasumi

We’re stopped at Kisaragi Station. I wonder if I should get off. I’ve never heard of this place before.

#2ch

Definitely check it out.

#2ch

No, stay on until the last stop.