A different side to Halloween
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EL PASO – In the same moment, the bird perceived Sonjo, but instead of trying to escape, she swam straight towards him, looking at him in a strange fixed way. Then, with her beak, she suddenly tore open her own body, and died before the hunter’s eyes. The passage above comes from a Japanese horror story called “Oshidori,” meaning mandarin ducks. It is possible that this story has been told around Halloween. Although, Halloween has not been much of a celebrated holiday in Japan, its popularity is slowly starting to rise.