Japanese Cabbies Pick Up Ghost Passengers
Feb 8, 2016 14:42:16 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Feb 8, 2016 14:42:16 GMT -6
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Where is Mystic Wanderer, when you need her. I found this an interesting story. I know the Japanese Shinto Religion has a long history of spirits, spirit forest and their belief system includes prayer and worship of ancestors on private shrines. But to be a taxi driver and a spirit manifest in the back seat to the point you believe it is a real individual and fare is pretty wild.
So the next time a NYC cabbie complains how bad things are remind him of this story, and if they doesn't change their mind how good they have it, just duck down behind the seat and disappear.
Staggering numbers for Japan, the architecture is built from a centuries old history of earthquakes. That's why so many photos you see of their homes and buildings are built with stilts.
"At least seven taxi drivers in Ishinomaki, Japan, have reported 'phantom fares'
In each instance, the story is similar.
A taxi driver in north-east Japan picks up a passenger in an area devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
They start the meter and ask for the destination, to which the customer gives a strange response.
Either then, or sometime later, the driver turns around to address the man or woman - but they have vanished.
This is because, it is claimed, they were a 'ghost passenger' who was, in fact, killed in the disaster five years ago.
At least seven taxi drivers in Ishinomaki have reported such an experience of a 'phantom fare', according to The Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
The coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture was among the regions most seriously affected by the deadly tsunami, which killed nearly 16,000 people in total."
In each instance, the story is similar.
A taxi driver in north-east Japan picks up a passenger in an area devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
They start the meter and ask for the destination, to which the customer gives a strange response.
Either then, or sometime later, the driver turns around to address the man or woman - but they have vanished.
This is because, it is claimed, they were a 'ghost passenger' who was, in fact, killed in the disaster five years ago.
At least seven taxi drivers in Ishinomaki have reported such an experience of a 'phantom fare', according to The Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
The coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture was among the regions most seriously affected by the deadly tsunami, which killed nearly 16,000 people in total."
Where is Mystic Wanderer, when you need her. I found this an interesting story. I know the Japanese Shinto Religion has a long history of spirits, spirit forest and their belief system includes prayer and worship of ancestors on private shrines. But to be a taxi driver and a spirit manifest in the back seat to the point you believe it is a real individual and fare is pretty wild.
"More than 3,000 Ishinomaki residents lost their lives in the tragedy, including 70 students and nine staff members at Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School.
Speaking to Yuka Kudo, a student of sociology at Tohoku Gakuin University, one taxi driver told of how he may have seen one of these residents just months after the March 2011 earthquake.
He said he was working in the town when a young woman dressed in a coat climbed into his cab near Ishinomaki Station and told him: “Please go to the Minamihama (district).”
More than 3,000 Ishinomaki residents lost their lives in the tragedy, including 70 students and nine staff members at Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School.
Speaking to Yuka Kudo, a student of sociology at Tohoku Gakuin University, one taxi driver told of how he may have seen one of these residents just months after the March 2011 earthquake.
He said he was working in the town when a young woman dressed in a coat climbed into his cab near Ishinomaki Station and told him: “Please go to the Minamihama (district).”
Speaking to Yuka Kudo, a student of sociology at Tohoku Gakuin University, one taxi driver told of how he may have seen one of these residents just months after the March 2011 earthquake.
He said he was working in the town when a young woman dressed in a coat climbed into his cab near Ishinomaki Station and told him: “Please go to the Minamihama (district).”
More than 3,000 Ishinomaki residents lost their lives in the tragedy, including 70 students and nine staff members at Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School.
Speaking to Yuka Kudo, a student of sociology at Tohoku Gakuin University, one taxi driver told of how he may have seen one of these residents just months after the March 2011 earthquake.
He said he was working in the town when a young woman dressed in a coat climbed into his cab near Ishinomaki Station and told him: “Please go to the Minamihama (district).”
So the next time a NYC cabbie complains how bad things are remind him of this story, and if they doesn't change their mind how good they have it, just duck down behind the seat and disappear.
"It triggered a tsnuami with waves of up to 133 feet, which travelled six miles inland, destroying thousands of homes and other buildings in its path.
Last March, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,893 people were killed in the disaster.
More than 6,000 were injured, while a staggering 2,572 remain missing."
Last March, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,893 people were killed in the disaster.
More than 6,000 were injured, while a staggering 2,572 remain missing."
