The Kitsune

**DISCLAIMER:
The latter portion of this story—the story of the young Marine beginning at 12:18—is entirely fictional, as indicated in the credits (45:40). While the setting of the story, 1968 Okinawa, is very true to history, the story itself is a fictional work meant solely to entertain, rather than to inform.

Most of the stories on this channel are 100% based on fact, and I just wanted to clarify that this particular story is not, although it is based largely around the true history of Okinawa and Japanese superstition.**
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Since the end of WWII, American military personnel have maintained a presence on the island of Okinawa, the largest in the Ryukyu Island chain, now a prefecture of mainland Japan, and in 1945, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of WWII, with nearly equal numbers of soldiers and civilians perishing.

Potentially due to its history of violent death, stories of supernatural encounters are common on the island. In fact, many American servicemembers consider Okinawa ‘the most haunted place’ in the U.S. military.

What if ghosts and specters were not the only supernatural beings these men and women encountered?

This is the story of the kitsune.

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MUSIC
"Oscuro", " The Sea Ran Red", “Post Apocalyptic”, “The Lost”, “Lying in Wait”, “Alone”, “You Have Doubts” used by kind permission of CO.AG
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"Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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