“Saru Yume” is one of the most popular urban legends in Japan.
Saru Yume is the nightmare which may kill the dreamers…
Posts in 2ch BBS
These are the posts in The Occult BBS of 2ch (equivalent to /x/).
9 Name：No Name Date：2000/08/02(Wed) 07:03
I was dreaming. From long ago, I sometimes realized that I was dreaming. This time too, I realized that. I was alone at the dark unmanned station. I thought it was a quite stinky dream.
Suddenly, someone announced in male’s voice without soul.
“The train will arrive soon. If you take that train, you will have a Hell.”
I couldn’t understand that meaning.
Train Arrived
Then the train arrived. That train was an amusement park ride with monkey rather than electric train. Some people looking pale were in a row on that train.
I thought it was strange dream, but also I wanted to know how much my own dream gave me fear… I decided to take that train.
Because, I thought I could wake up, if I had really scared and got unbearable. I can usually wake up in the case of lucid dream.
12 Name：No Name Date：2000/08/02(Wed) 07:09
I sat in the third seat from the back. I felt warm air… The dream had a realistic feeling for which I doubted it was dream…
“Depart.”
announced, and the train began moving. What would happen from now? My heart was palpitate for expectation and anxiety. Soon after leaving the station platform, the train went into the tunnel. Purply lumps lighted up dubiously.
I thought…
(The view in this tunnel is same as “Thriller Car (like ghost train)” which I rode on in my childhood. This train is like amusement park ride… After all, these are a collection of my memory and it is not scary at all.)
Ikedukuri
Then, announced again…
“The next is Ikedukuri. Ikedukuri.*”
*Ikedukuri means slicing fish and presenting it at table in its original form.
(…What? Ikedukuri? …of Fish?)
While I thought so, Then suddenly, I heard Shrillful scream from behind. I turned around and found that four dwarfs in rags swarmed a man who was sitting in the most behind seat.
I looked closely… The body of the man ripped with knifes, so it looked like Ikedukuri of Fish. Intense smell wrapped around and the man shouted out loudly as the ear broke. From his body, innards were taken out one by one and gore was around.
However, a woman with long hair was sitting right behind me… she looked forward and not to care behind tragedy.
I was surprised by this expanding beyond my imagination, so I began doubting if it was dream or not… I felt creepy… Then I decided to wake up after seeing a little later expanding.
When I noticed, the man sitting in the most behind seat had disappeared. However some red black gore was left in that seat. The woman behind me was looking forward unchanged.
Gouging Out
“The next is gouging out. Gouging out.”
announced again.
Then this time, two dwarfs appeared and approached the woman behind me. They began to gouging out her eyes with the jagged tools like spoon.
Though until a few minutes ago she was expressionless, then her face had expression of agony for pain. She shouted out loudly as my ear broke.
Her eye balls popped. The smell of blood and sweat was unbearable.
I was trembling with fear and bent over my body. I thought that it was time to wake up. I could not get along with any more! Furthermore, the next turn would be me. I tried to wake up… However I wondered what would be announced in my turn, so I decided to wake up after hearing that.
Minced Meat
13 Name：No Name Date：2000/08/02(Wed) 07:11
“The next is minced meat. Minced meat.”
announced. It was awful. I could imagine what would happen easily, so I focused on the spirit and tried to wake up.
(Wake up…Wake up…)
Usually if I pray silently, I can wake up.
“whiiiiiiirl…”
Suddenly, I heard the noise of machine. Then dwarfs got on my knee and brought the machine closer.
I got more creepy because I thought it was the machine to mince me.
(Wake up…Wake up…)
I pray more strongly.
“whiiiiiiirl…”
The noise was growing! I felt wind pressure of that machine! All Over!!… at the moment, the noise stopped.
Saved?
I just barely made it. I could wake up. Whole body was sweaty and tears flew from my eyes. I left my bed, went to the kitchen, and drank a lot of water. I finally relaxed. It was scared and seemed real, but it was only a dream. I told myself so.
The next day, I told my school friends this story. Everyone only got interesting. After all it was dream story…
Sequel
Then four years passed.
I became a college student and work on a part-time job. I forgot such a foolish story.
But then, at one night, it began…
“The next is gouging out. Gouging out.”
From that scene. Soon I noticed that this was THAT DREAM.
Then, as last time, two dwarfs were gouging out the woman’s eyes.
I thought that it was dangerous, so I began to pray soon.
(Wake up… Wake up…)
At this time I could not wake up easily.
(Wake up… Wake up…)
…
…
“The next is minced meat. Minced meat.”
It was getting more dangerous finally.
“whiiiiiiirl…”
The machine was approaching.
(Wake up… Wake up…Please)
The noise stopped. I thought I could flee, and tried to open my eyes…Then
“Do you run away again? Next will be the last time.”
I heard the announce clearly.
I opened my eyes. Completely I woke up and was in my room.
The final announce was absolutely not a dream. I heard that in the real world. What did I do? Why do I have to see this kind of thing?
From that time, I have not had this dream. I prepare… If I have this dream again, I will die of …for example, heart paralysis.
In This world, I will die of heart paralysis…but In That world, I will be mince…