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The efficiency of Japan's commuter trains has a dark side. Accidents happen, and when citizens fall on the tracks, they are often horribly dismembered. Some believe that these victims come back as ghosts who are missing their lower half. Their dangling spine makes a "teke teke" sound as they crawl toward you.

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