After a famous volcanic rock or the so-called “killing stone” was found split in two in Japan, superstitious believers have taken to social media to share their worries about an evil demon. Based on the mythology of the Sessho-seki or “killing stone”, it is said to contain the transformed corpse of a beautiful woman, Tamamo-no-Mae. It is believed that the woman was an evil nine-tailed fox in disguise and a part of a feudal landlord's secret plot to kill Emperor Toba, as per The Guardian report. The fox's spirit was then transferred into the stone in Tochigi near Tokyo. It is believed that the rock was destroyed many years ago and the spirit was exorcised by a Buddhist monk, who later scattered pieces of the rock across Japan. However, many people believe that the spirit's home is still on the slopes of the volcano, Mount Nasu. Superstition has it that it would prove fatal to anyone who comes in contact with the stone. 九尾の狐の伝説が残る、殺生石にひとりでやってきました。縄でぐるっと巻かれた真ん中の大きな岩がそれ…のはずなのですが、なんと岩は真っ二つに割れて、縄も外れていました。漫画だったらまさに封印が解かれて九尾の狐に取り憑かれるパターンで、見てはいけないものを見てしまった気がします。 pic.twitter.com/wwkb0lGOM9— Lillian (@Lily0727K) March 5, 2022 Visitors who spotted the split stone shared the story of their terrifying moments online. "I came alone to Sesshoseki, where the legend of the nine-tailed fox remains. The big rock in the middle wrapped around with a rope is that .It was supposed to be, but the rock was split in half and the rope was also detached. If it's a manga, it's a pattern that the seal is broken and it's possessed by the nine-tailed fox, and I feel like I've seen something that shouldn't be seen," reads the translation of the tweet in Japanese. Well that just adds more bad vibes to the world. Read about the Sessho-seki 'killing stone' which has split.who knows what will happen next via @justinmccurry & @guardian #travel https://t.co/EYOYODnpUN— InsideJapan Tours (@InsideJapan) March 7, 2022 Japan's "Killing Stone", known in legend for containing the spirit of a nine-tailed fox demon, has split in half.Let's just add that to the pile along with every other disaster the world is facing right now. pic.twitter.com/ZgoDq8RRfT— Jules Lavisham (@profjules) March 7, 2022 Japan’s Killing Stone brakes open releasing the demon that has been trapped inside for 1000 years.The demon when it arrives in 2022 pic.twitter.com/AmyvLMVfQA— Chuck Grassley's Pidgin (@ChucksPidgin) March 8, 2022 Random fact: There's a stone in Japan, known as the "Killing Stone", which [according to folklore] contains the soul of a demon and will kill anyone who touches it.It broke in half earlier today. pic.twitter.com/4mNsa6txTm— José Daniel Steller (@josedanielstell) March 9, 2022 So Japan’s Sessho-seki 'killing stone’ splits in 2, after centuries and is said to have trapped inside an evil spirit named Tamamo-no-Mae which is now released… I’m pretty sure the evil spirit is hiding after seeing all the BS going on right now in the world and said “I’m out!”. pic.twitter.com/xLTAhoUIf1— Bryan McNally (@BryanDMcNally) March 8, 2022 According to local reports, the stone could have split in half after rainwater got into its cracks leading it to break. And, the cracks appeared several years ago, The Daily Mail said citing local media reports. Local and national government officials will decide what happens to the stone now, as per The Guardian report citing The Shimotsuke Shimbun newspaper. One of the officials was quoted as saying that he would like it returned to its original form.
