lol I am just sayin'!
If I was going to a dark and stormy forest to kill myself I don't want to be eatin by bugs I would totally leave a note so they could find my ass!!
lol I am just sayin'!
If I was going to a dark and stormy forest to kill myself I don't want to be eatin by bugs I would totally leave a note so they could find my ass!!
"Though the camera crew worked with a set of guidelines, including that they would call in someone they thought was going to jump, the documentary still includes lengthy footage of the moments leading up to and including the suicides, so discretion is advised for sensitive viewers."
I suppose if you were standing there watching, you wouldnt have time to stop someone if they just climbed over the rails and jumped.
As far as I've heard, no one mentions killer ghosts. It's more a destination than a 'pleasant walk in the woods' that turns into suicide. In other words, people who make their way there are already looking to get lost and not be found for awhile.
Having said that, when TV shows cover the place, they really play up the "oooh, creeeepy!" aspect of it. And coercive ghosts aside, I think most folks assume that the souls of those who died here are definitely hanging out, maybe even nudging would-be suiciders to tighten the noose, lie down and go to sleep...
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Oooooohhh. Great post! Creepy looking forest. I was hoping for something looking like a nice Japanese water garden at the bottom of the waterfall with some coy swimming around in the pool below. I bet you the little buggers would eat you.
wow.....okay deathhag outing who is with me !! We may even find our very own body!!!
They did stop many from happening, they even stopped the same girl twice. It was not a manned camera 24/7. I believe they caught 23 out of 24 on camera. If they were watching they contacted the proper authorities. But sometimes they were not in time. There is one particular one that they talk alot about in the film and they even talked to his family, the camera people didn't think that he would jump he just seemed to be enjoying the view he hung around for quite some time. Then just jumped up on the railing, stood on top and fell backwards off. He didn't hesitate.
Oh and to stop hijacking the thread...this is a great thead, there was even a story on this forest on CNN last night.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapc...pan/index.html
I got a copy of "The Bridge". If anyone is intersted in me sending them one, send me a PM and I can get one to you. Im really looking forward to watching it this morning.
This is a real place?
The is a manga series that I read titled 'Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.'
The group went to a forest more than once that seeking
corpse of suicide victims. Their mission was to help the dead in some way so they could cross over. Also, to help the dead find a place of rest.
I never thought of it being real or not-thanks for the info.
what I heard all us hags are going there for a picinc??? OK I will bring the potato salad...
Interesting, thanks, Duster. I'd never heard of this place. How sad. I'm gonna have to track down that DVD.
Just drink lots of Kool-Aid, and take one of these blue pills three times a day.
thanks for the pics. no waterfall?
I first heard about the forest in japan from that sci-fi channel show about 2 years ago. Destination Truth went out there to get EVPs and film footage.
I think its pretty crazy that they say they only do a sweep looking for bodies once a year, I bet they find some pretty nasty things.
Duster- this is the coolest post I have read in a long time. Really weird and it appeals to my sense of the morbid. Thanks for digging this out.
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ohhh there are beautiful. What a shame to have so much horror and sadness associated with them.
WOW those are beautiful pics. I would love to visit that place, but um knowing about it now, ya im not going alone. If were having the picnic, Ill bring chips and soda/beer
You guys want any other info/piccies, just let me know. I can google in Japanese.
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If one wants to take their own life, I can't think of a more beautiful place to die.
Spoken like a true Canadian. I'm with ya Duster. Our country is beautiful!
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What an interesting thread, thanks, duster.
And I totally get it; walking in to such a fairytale-like forest, downing pills and just lying down on some moss by the waterfalls and going to sleep from it all. With the added bonus of rare suicide-sweeps, that you almost even get to chose your own final resting place.
And no, I'm by no means suicidal.
The Raccoon Dogs in that area must be well-fed . . .
Uh, and so what happens if someone's family reports him missing and suicidal? Do they still not search the forest until the annual "big sweep?"
This is one of the best posts I have read on here. What a beautiful place to end it all. As for the picnic...I'm in but we better use the buddy system to make sure we all make it out!
Beautiful waterfalls!
Cripe, guess I'll bring the burgers....
Love this thread! Thanks, Duter!
When you're talking "coon dog" in Japan, you're referring to one of these bad boys: invariably generously endowed leetle sprites of the happy wood forest.
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LMAO. "Raccoon dog with righteous nads." Tee hee.
*snort*