Hitori Kakurenbo | One man hide and seek |

It's horror story time!

Or is it a game? Urban Legend?... I'm not sure but it is definitely one of my favorite ones and I thought sharing it would be a fun way to say goodbye to my beloved October.

This little game is called "Hitori Kakurenbo" and it's a pretty interesting invocation game.

To be honest, I was tempted o try it once but I never did it. I don't think spirits are something to play with. If you dare to try it, let me know how it goes... bwahaha.

Players: 1

What you need:

A stuffed doll with limbs

A sack of uncooked rice

A pair of nail clippers

A needle

Red thread

Knife or pair of scissors

A bathtub or something similar

1 cup of salt water

A hiding place

Incense

Let's start!

Using the knife or scissors, open the doll and remove the stuffing.

Replace the stuffing with the uncooked rice. Clip off a piece of your fingernail and place it inside the doll with the rice.

Using the needle and red thread, stitch the doll to close the opening. Without snipping the thread, take the remaining length, wrap it around the doll, and tie off the ends.

Fill the bathtub with water.

Purify the room in which your hiding place is located with the incense. Once purified, set up the television in the same room. Place the cup of salt water and the sharp edge inside the hiding place.

Name the doll.

Start at 3am. Repeat the following phrase to the doll three times, filling in your own name where appropriate: “[Your Name] is the first it.”

Go to the bathroom. Submerge the doll in the bathtub and leave it there.

Turn out all the lights in your house.

Go to your hiding place and switch on the television. Close your eyes and count to ten.

When you have finished counting, open your eyes, retrieve your sharp edge, and return to the bathroom.

Remove the doll from the bathtub and say the following phrase to it, filling in the doll’s name where appropriate: “I have found you, [Doll’s Name].” Use your sharp edge to cut the red thread binding the doll.

Say the following phrase to the doll, filling in the doll’s name where appropriate: “You are the next it, [Doll’s Name].” Then return the doll to the bathtub.

Quickly return to your hiding place. Remain as silent as possible.

Take a large mouthful of salt water. Do not swallow it; hold it in your mouth. Keep the cup containing the rest of the salt water in your hand.

Emerge from your hiding place and begin to for the doll. NOTE: The doll may not necessarily be in the bathroom where you left it.

When you find the doll, pour the remaining salt water in the cup over it. Spit the salt water in your mouth over the doll as well.

Repeat the following phrase to the doll three times: “I win.”

Once the game is completed, burn it and get rid of the remains.

NOTES:

The rice represents the doll’s internal organs. And, it helps to attract spirits.

The red thread represents a blood vessel and seals whatever spirits you might have attracted inside the doll. 

When naming your doll, DON'T give it your own name. It is also advisable to avoid giving it the name of anyone you know.

Burning the doll will allow the spirit to leave the doll and return to its place.

Once the game has begun, DON'T do any of the following things until it has been completed:

Turn on the lights.

Lock any doors, including the front or back doors

Make unnecessary noise.

Leave your house.

Don't, leave your hiding place without the salt water.

Don't allow the game to go on for longer than two hours.

Once you start, the game must be played through to completion. Don't try to abandon it halfway through. 

And that's it for this game! there's also a movie and lots of creepypastas/gameplays online.

I also think there's an animated movie I havent seen but, I plan to.