When it was whole, the stone took pride of place on the slope of Mount Nasu. But now the gigantic ancient Japanese rock believed to contain a 1000 year old demon fox spirit has split in half.
Some think a large stone in Japan that is perceived to contain the spirit of a thousand-year-old demonic fox has cracked in two.
A visitor to Mount Nasu, a picturesque area in Japan's Tochigi prefecture an hour from Tokyo, photographed the Sesshoseki, which translates to "Killing Stone" in two pieces.
"I came alone to Sesshoseki, place of the nine-tailed fox legend. The big rock in the middle wrapped around with rope is where it was supposed to be, but the rock was split in half, and the rope detached," Lilian, a Twitter user, shared a photo of the rock in two halves.
"If this were a manga, it would mean that the seal is broken by the nine-tailed fox. I feel like I've seen something that shouldn't be seen."
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