TRANSLATION ONE:

2011 Mystery Sketch Bong-Cheon-Dong Ghost

The story is based on true personal accounts.

It was probably around 11:20 at night. I was heading home after long, tiring night-study sessions. But I didn't see anybody around that day, which was weird, since the apartment complex is pretty big and I usually see a lot of people even at night.

Anyways, I was a little scared so I was just walking while looking down on the ground,
when I saw a shadow stretching towards me. Even though there had been no one around just a moment ago.

When I looked up..

I saw a woman walking in front of me. But it just didn't look right.
I could say she looked slightly indisposed.. She was limping pretty hard.
She was walking very slow, and I soon caught up with her. I was able to see her even better up close.

She was wearing dirty pink pajamas.. and it looked like every joint in her body was twisted. Her hair was a mess and sticking out in every direction.

It seemed really weird, so I stopped walking.

I felt like I shouldn't get any closer to her, and I didn't have the guts to pass by her.

[The ghost turns around.]

They say when you're really surprised, you can't even scream. I couldn't move, and just froze there.

"Where's my baby?"

Her question made my thoughts race..

I don't even know why I did it then.. And it still scares me.

I pointed as far as I could and answered.. "O, over there."

I just wanted her to get away from me.

She limped towards the direction I pointed to..

And I couldn't see her anymore.

I didn't want to risk running into her again, so I tried to turn around quickly and leave the apartment complex.

I couldn't think of anything but to get to some place where there'd be people around.

Then

"She is not there!" [The ghost runs towards you.]

I don't remember anything afterwards. I heard that my neighbor found me passed out on the ground and took me home.

In 2007, at an apartment in Boncheon-Dong, Gwna-Ak-Gu, Seoul, a 33-year-old woman jumped off the apartment and died on the spot. Jo, who was divorced due to her affair, had lost the custody of her daughter and decided to kill herself.

She was seen walking around the apartment complex many times after her suicide. She was barefoot and wore the pajamas she was wearing when she died; every join in her body was twisted, and she was an awful sight.

TRANSLATION TWO:

Ghost of Bong-chun written and drawn by Hworang (Tiger)

It was 11:20 pm that night…

I finished school late, I was tired and going home.

That night there were no people about. Strange, as I live in a big apartment building, and even at night, there's usually people around…

No people around, and I feel afraid for some reason as I'm walking along.

As I walk along, I see a long strange shadow that was shaped like a person, but there was no one in front of me..

"Whose shadow am I seeing?"…

Some woman is walking in front of me, but her shape is kind of strange.

Her body shape makes me really nervous, and her movements are jerky as she walks (sound effects written "geenkg geekg")

The woman's pace was very slow, so I caught up with her rather quickly

As I got closer, her weird shape was revealed to me as even stranger that I originally thought…

She was wearing dirty pink pajamas… and her body was clearly very strangely shaped She seemed to be out of her mind, like she had lost her wits

A wave of this strange feeling that something was not right washed over me and I stopped in my tracks.

I got a feeling that I shouldn't go any closer, I didn't have the courage to just walk past that woman

CHCHCHCHCHCCHCHKHKCHCKHHHLK <translator's note, "eeeek!">

If I act too afraid or startled, I might make things so much worse, Also, I am completely frozen, and I can't do anything anyhow.

<scary red letters> "WHERE IS MY BABY??"

All I can think about is that woman's question…

haaa-a <like trembling> Now when I think of it, I don't know why I replied like I did, it still scares me to think about it… <ggoool guk, another sound effect, swallowing, perhaps?>

<slowly points yonder>

So I answered her… "Th- there… over there."

All I must have been thinking was it would be so nice if the woman just went very far away.

That woman shambled away in the direction that I pointed.

Slowly she walked out of sight.

If I hung around I might meet that woman again, so I turned around to find another way to my apartment

I had no thoughts in my head. The only thing I could think of was that I wanted to be around some other people as soon as possible

<moments later>

<scary red letters again> "THERE'S NOTHING HERE!"

I heard this and I knew she had returned.

<shit yourself again>

That's all I remember. Some older man delivered me home.

News report: In 2007 a 33 year old woman died in the Gwanak district of Seoul. She killed herself I think.