A young woman, who lives in Kamigo Village, went into the mountains to pick up chestnuts, but never came back. It had been two or three years since the funeral was held with her pillow as a substitute, as those in the house assumed she was dead. When the people of that village went hunting into the middle of Mt. Goyo, there was a cave like place in the shadow of a large rock, and they came across this woman. They surprised each other, and when he asked why they were in such a mountain, the woman replied, "I came to such a place because I went into the mountain and was kidnapped by a horrible man. I would have run away and gone home, but not a bit. When he asked what the man looked like, she replied, "He looks like a normal person to me, but his height is very tall and his eyes seem a little sharp. I've had several children, but if they don't look like me, they say they aren't mine and eat them or kill them or take them away somewhere else. When he asked if the man was really a person like us, she replied, "His clothing and such is normal, but his eyes are a little different in color. Once or twice between market days, four or five similar people would get together, talk to him about something, and eventually go somewhere else. When I see him bringing food and other things from outside, he probably goes to town as well. He said that he was afraid that he might come back to the place any minute as he was talking like this. This is believed to have been about 20 years ago.
○The market is placed sixth a month in Tohno. So the days between a day hold a market and the day are five days.
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