Aokigahara

By Martin Coel Evans

The Mighty Haggis Martin Coel Evans
Brenda Rua Brenda Rua

Life seems to be a black

And white silent movie
about nothing, flickering
silently on film
superimposed onto the
retinas of my eyes.
The movie is almost over.
-Suicide note found in Aokigahara (2007)

In another twenty minutes, Wonder Woman was going to lose to the Cheetah
by default, and her bosses werent going to be none too happy about it.
Professional wrestler Vicious Venus Spunkmeyer adjusted her Wonder
Woman costumes tiara as she drove. Venus fussed with her bustier a
moment later, worried to death that she was going to pop out of the damn
thing thirty seconds into the match. Venus tapped the malfunctioning GPS
gadget on her dashboard with her forefinger hoping beyond hope that it
would suddenly start working again. Venus was driving herself to the
improvised wrestling arena tonight in a bid to show everybody just how
independent she had become living in Japan. But now Venus was lost and
she wished that she was sitting in the shotgun seat besides a driver who
knew these roads like the back of his hand.
The charity cosplay wrestling show was a big deal. It was another benefit
for Japanese tsunami survivors. The wrestlers who were asked to participate
did so without a second thought. Even the formidable Celtic Warrior Brenda
Rua had showed up tonight dressed up as Little Miss Bo Peep to
complement her tag team partner who was her own costume. Together they
had busted open a couple of cocky young bitches costumed as Cinderella

and Snow White and sent them staggering into the nearest emergency room.
The Mighty Haggis was an American woman wrestler who was working for
another Japanese wrestling federation that employed wrestlers who probably
wouldve been more at home working in a carnival sideshow. Although
Haggis was one of the hardest working wrestlers anywhere, her claim to
fame was also her handicap which was why she was working for a
doglegged wrestling federation.
Haggis was a certifiable human being who happened to have a face that
resembled nothing as much as a sheeps face. Haggis had a high forehead
and passionate deep-set eyes. Her nose was long and wide and her upper lip
was bifurcated. Haggis had big ears that defiantly stuck out to either side
and she wore her woolly locks in dreads. Strangely enough, Haggis was still
a very attractive woman. If Haggis was a member of a race of alien sheep
from the planet Duttur VI, Captain Kirk wouldve been busy banging her by
the end of Act I.
Most regular wrestling feds didnt want anything to do with Haggis because
of her unusual appearance. But there were also rumors that Haggis had other
talents that left promoters a little bit spooked about having her around.
But on the plus side, most wrestlers have to constantly invent and reinvent
themselves over and over again to stay on the publics radar with new
gimmicks, but Haggis one and only gimmick never got old simply because
puns refuse to die:
Did ewe see what she did there?
That was a sheep trick!
Little Sheep of Horrors.
Always bleating the competition!
Its the Ewe of Destruction!
The color commentators at ringside loved patter that wrote itself and the
fans cherished every cheap laugh. Some of Haggis challengers couldnt

help but break down and laugh themselves sick in the middle of the ring.
Even Haggis had to bite her lip sometimes to stop herself from giggling.

******

It was now night and the moon was full. It was only a few hours after
sunset, but to Venus it felt like it was midnight plus one on Halloween.
When Venus slowed down a little, and those colored lights in front of her
that she had been following for the last hour slowed down too. But when
she speeded up again, so did the lights. Venus figured that those lights had
to belong to an official vehicle of some kind. But who had lights that pulsed
from blue to green to purple and back again?
Venus looked out the side window at the forest. All she saw were trees and
an occasional sign in Japanese that meant nothing to her. Venus wondered
again if that was a forestry vehicle in front of her.

*****

Brenda, after what we did to those jobbers, do you think theyll forgive us
if we took them out for ice cream? asked Haggis.
I dont know, Haggis. Lets see what happens after they get out of the
emergency room, replied Brenda Rua who was walking around the
dressing room and absent-mindedly twirling half of a broken shepherds
crook as if it was a cheerleaders baton. By the way, what are you doing
tomorrow night?
My fed wants me to wrestle all the people Ive slept with inside an
electrified steel cage surrounded by a moat filled with flaming alligators,
deadpanned Haggis.
I hope youre kidding. Nobody can build a ring that big, said Brenda Rua.

One of my bosses is going to think of something like that sooner or later.

Its a shear inevitability, joked Haggis.
Brenda rolled her eyes.
Haggis got up from out of the chair she had been sitting in and posed in
front of the full length dressing mirror in a red sports bra and panties. It
wasnt more than a minute before Haggis was lost in thought and Brenda
took that time to size up her tag team partner and make herself a solemn
promise to herself to grab herself some of that mutton one of these days.
Look at me: from the neck down Im Christina Hendricks, from the neck
up, Im a New Zealanders wet dream, said Haggis.
Brenda shrugged.
You know what really sucks? Haggis added, Im not even the top freak at
my federation. Im either jobbing for that bitchy two-headed cheerleader or
that junkie werewolf woman from Mexico.
You shouldve been born a ginger like me, said Brenda, Id trade sheep
puns for South Park ginger humor any day.
Want to go with me to a petting zoo one of these days? What to guess
which one of us the little kids are going to try to stuff full of food pellets?
said Haggis.
The conversation was interrupted by a rapping at the dressing room door.
Haggis and Brenda both said open simultaneously and a woman wrestler
dressed in a skintight Cheetah costume reluctantly stuck her head into the
dressing room, half expecting to be swatted by a folding steel chair. The
woman cautiously asked, Y'all hear from Venus yet? We got us some
whupping to do in a minute.
Venus isnt here yet? asked Brenda.
Shes a blonde, Brenda, maybe she saw some lightning in the distance and
stopped to look for the photographer, joked Haggis.

The woman in the cheetah costume shook her head in the negative and
stepped back into the hallway, pulling the door shut. Brenda turned and
started rummaging through a gym bag on the dressing room table. After a
minute of searching around, Brenda pulled out a cell phone one of her
managers had given her and dialed up Venus. Venus picked up after a few
rings.
Venus, do you know youre going down shit creek without a paddle if you
dont show up here in the next five minutes? said Brenda.
Brenda, Im lost. My GPS is broken and Ive only seen one car in the last
hour, said the frustrated Wonder Woman.
Then you shouldve called us an hour ago. Where do you think you are?
asked an irritated Brenda.
There are trees on both sides of the road and no streetlights. I think Im
driving through a national park but I feel like Im on another planet, said
Venus, Im driving on a country road too.
Are there any signs that you can read? asked Brenda.
Theyre all in Japanese. I see some big orange signs here and there in the
woods. They look like warnings, said Venus.
Even though she was across the dressing room, Haggis ears suddenly
picked up and she bowed her big head forward and closed her eyes as if she
was going into a trance. But what Haggis was really doing was focusing so
she eavesdrops on the conversation.
Do you see anything else? asked Brenda.
Im trying to catch up to this car with weird lights. I think its an official
vehicle. But it speeds up when I speed up, and it slows down when I slow
down, said Venus.
Ask her what color are the lights, Brenda, please? asked Haggis.
Venus, what color are the lights? relayed Bitsy.

Venus said, The lights change from blue to green to purple and back again.
Am I following some kind of cop car or ambulance?
Haggis spoke in a low voice, Tell her to ignore the lights and turn around
and go back the way she came.
Brenda did as she was requested, but Venus replied, Im going to keep
following them. Theyve got to stop sometime.
Thats what Im afraid of, said Haggis to Brenda, Tell her were going to
come looking for her.

******

It took only a few moments for Brenda and Haggis to get dressed: Brenda in
her familiar all-black civilian duds and Haggis wearing faded blue jeans and
a red leotard top that showed off tons of cleavage. Brenda and Haggis then
borrowed one of the cars that the FabWar federation had rented for the
evening. Haggis got behind the wheel while Brenda used an app on the cell
phone to try and locate Venus. Brenda got a general idea of where Venus
was, but the area coverage where Venus was driving was spotty at best.
Haggis pulled to a stop in front of a nearby chain store. Then both Haggis
and Brenda got out of their rental car and entered the store. Haggis spun
around on one foot, looking for the appropriate shopping aisle. When she
saw the one that suited their needs, Haggis grabbed the Celtic Warrior
firmly by her shoulder and told her what they were there for.
Brenda, were looking for aromatherapy supplies. We need Tibetan incense
in the long orange box, and essential oil of cedar. Were going to need salt
too. Sea salt would be fine, kosher salt would be perfect if they have it.
Before we leave, we have to go across the street to that construction site
over there and find us some pieces of rebar long enough to play stickball
with.
Wilma, began Brenda, Why are you acting like youve got a bit part on

that TV show Supernatural?

Venus phone call. When you were talking, I was listening, said Haggis
who then wiggled her big ears at the Celtic Warrior.
Yeah, I know you can hear whispers from across the arena floor with those
big ears of yours, but all I heard was Venus yakking, Brenda said slowly.
Haggis touched the end of one of her ears with a forefinger and solemnly
said, I can hear a whole lot more than you might think.
Brenda stood still for a moment to think that one through.
Haggis then added, And grab me a dozen of those green tea Kit Kat Bars
on the way out. I love those things.

******

Venus pulled to the side of the road. She was out of gas. The woman
wrestler then leaned her head against the steering wheel and moaned in
frustration. Then she got out of the car.
At least the lights were closer than ever.
Venus took the emergency kit from out of the trunk in the car. Inside was
five chemlight sticks. Venus snapped and shook each of the chemlight
sticks which immediately began glowing red upon activation. Venus then
placed four of the chemlight sticks around her useless car so it could be seen
by another passing motorist. Venus then stuck the extra chemlight stick into
her costumes belt. Satisfied, Venus started walking towards the lights that
she had been following all evening.
Lost n thought, Venus had forgotten her phone. She had left it behind in the
rental car.
After about a mile, the lights left the road and went into the forest. Venus
saw what looked like a dirt trail and she started following it. She then

passed another one of those big orange signs and saw one word spelled out
in English that she thought she recognized:

Aokigahara
******

Haggis wished she was driving her old blue truck. It had all the comforts of
home and it could crunch rice burners as if they were Matchbox cars. But
for now this little Nissan had to do. Haggis felt like a fully armored knight
riding into battle on top of a Shetland pony.
Brenda sat in the shotgun seat. Each arm cuddled a shopping bag and she
held a piece of rebar in each hand. Brenda wore a confused expression on
her face.
Okay, Haggis, so tell me again, what did you hear that I didnt? asked
Brenda.
I heard voices, said Haggis.
What kind of voices? asked Brenda?
Ones you dont ever want to hear. One of the benefits you get from being
sheepy like me is that you have these big ears so you can hear people
sneaking up on you from behind, said Haggis.
So did you hear wolves or something? replied Brenda.
I heard voices. Very ugly Japanese voices, said Haggis, And theres one
more thing.
Whats that? said Brenda.
Were really too close to Mount Fuji, said Haggis worriedly.

******

About fifty steps after encountering the sign, Venus saw the pink ribbon for
the first time. It was an inch wide and was tied to a flowering bush where all
the pink flowers were wilting. The rest of the ribbon led somewhere deeper
into the woods, where the lights were. Venus started to follow the pink
ribbon.

******

You get someone to call the police? asked Haggis.

Yeah. Im sorry my Japanese sucks, said Brenda as she put her cell phone
back in her hip pocket.
Mine aint any better. The best I can do is [Yeah, theyre real], said
Haggis.
What do you think this really is about? said Brenda.
I used to have a manager who was also a medium. His specialty was
automatic writing. Give him a pen and a piece of paper, and he could draw
you a map to a buried treasure, or find a lost child, or ask William
Shakespeare to help you with your English lit homework. He taught me all
everything he knew, said Haggis.
So what happened to him? asked Brenda.
He got tired of people. He had lost his wife before meeting me and being
around happy shiny people all of the time wore him down, so he turned his
back on the world and locked himself inside his big old house so he could
be alone with his memories. Now all he does is talk to his dead wife all day
long, said Haggis.
Thats sad. Did you ever visit him? asked Brenda.

I did once. But before I knocked on his door I could hear him talking to his
wife and I didnt want to interrupt them, replied Haggis.
That far gone? asked Brenda.
No. I could hear her talking back, replied Haggis.
Did you understand the Japanese voices? asked a now alarmed Brenda.
They were excited about catching their first gaijin and said something else
about their mistress throwing her into the curry, said Haggis.
Brenda looked out the front windshield and said to Haggis, Drive faster.

******

After a great many steps and stumbles, Venus finally found the other end of
the pink ribbon. It was tied to a sapling inside a small clearing that was
surrounded by huge fallen logs. The lights that Venus had been following
had stopped running away and they appeared to be hiding like mischievous
children behind the logs on the far side of the clearing.
Venus entered the clearing. And in doing so, some of her sanity fled her
leaving her as giddy as a drunken sorority girl at a frat party. She smiled and
started silently singing the words to the Ramones song, Pet Sematary.
Venus then took the last light stick out of her waistband, bent it in half to
activate it, and then threw it into the middle of the clearing.
An obviously female figure dressed in a ragged white dress with long
sleeves crawled up and over the logs where the lights were hiding like some
kind of frog. She then stood up straight and tuned to face Venus. The
woman was very pale, and she had long wild raven black hair down over her
face, mostly obscuring it. She was all tall as Venus and she looked like she
worked out. The female figure then began to sob out loud for a few
moments before it noticed Venus standing in front of her. Then the female
figure started to cackle like a witch from a Halloween story.

The woman in white then stopped cackling. She studied Venus for what
mightve been a minute or an hour. She then started shrieking like a mad
thing, raised her arms above her head and spread her fingers like claws. She
started running towards Venus. Venus just smiled, raised her arms, and
threw herself at the woman in white.

******

Haggis and Brenda had pulled over and parked next to Venus car, having
found it easily enough because of the glowing red chemlights Venus had left
around it. Brenda went to look inside the car and Haggis walked around to
see if there were any clues to what was going on.
Brenda pulled her head out of Venus car and exclaimed, Damn it, Haggis,
Venus left her phone behind!
Haggis said nothing. She was looking at the highway kit that held the
chemlight sticks. She counted four chemlight sticks left around the car. The
kit had held five. Haggis turned and looked into the woods and saw a faint
red glow.
Haggis then shouted and pointed, Shes over there, Brenda! Grab a
shopping bag and follow me.
Brenda caught up with the agile sheep woman and said, Okay, heres your
rebar, and handed Haggis a two foot long piece of steel rebar.
Haggis rooted around in her shopping bar until she pulled out a small vial
containing essential oil of cedar. She instructed Brenda to open the vial and
rub cedar oil all over her hands and her rebar. When Brenda asked why they
were doing that, Haggis replied that it was a Cherokee thing.

******

Venus was out of breath and sweating like a pig. During the Golden Age of
Professional Wrestling, main event matches often went on for one and two
hours at a stretch. But Venus mystery opponent felt as cold as ice and she
wasnt even breathing hard. Some of Venus precious sanity started to return
from wherever it was hiding and Venus began to slowly realize that this
wasnt some daft dream that she was lost in.

******

Somewhere between the road and the clearing, Brenda said, Wilma, can
you hear that?
Do you think I can miss it? replied Haggis, Now stand still, I have to
blow some more smoke over you.
Haggis started blowing smoke from a bundle of stick incense that she was
holding in one hand up and down Brendas body.
Brenda coughed and asked what was in the incense?
Just all the good stuff, said Haggis, Sandalwood, cedar, sage. All 100%
guaranteed spook repellants that work no matter where you go. Now did you
wipe down that piece of rebar with the cedar oil like I told you to?
Brenda hefted an eighteen inch long piece of rebar in her hand. It had been
coated generously with the cedar oil. I used the whole bottle. You sure
thisll work? asked Brenda.
No, said Haggis.
Then somebody else started shrieking in the distance. It was Venus.
Ready to rumble, sheepy? asked The Celtic Warrior.
Aint nothin that beats mutton! said the Ewe of Destruction.

******

The woman in white was indefatigable. She had no technique other than
being seemingly indestructible. The woman in white wasnt even moving
that fast, but she was relentless. Venus was doing things to this woman that
wouldve gotten her arrested by the police, let alone kicked out of her
federation. But here there was no referee; no ring and the only audience
were those two mysterious lights that were peeking out from behind the
logs.
Venus had quickly gone from being the cat to being the mouse. Before she
knew it, the woman in white had grabbed her by her throat with both of her
cold clammy hands.
Gasping for air, Venus nailed the woman in white with one last kick aimed
below the woman in whites belly button. Not even a twitch. Venus might as
well had kicked a dumpster for all the good it did her. The woman in white
then lifted Venus off the ground by her throat and began to cackle as she
slowly strangled the woman wrestler
Good morning! shouted Haggis.
Brenda shouted, Good night!
The woman in white turned her head to one side in time to catch Brendas
rebar square in her face. The woman in white stumbled and dropped Venus.
Haggis dropped down low, swung her rebar, and caught the woman in white
behind her knees sending her and Venus tumbling down to the ground.
Venus immediately rolled away and coughed before she sat back up and saw
her fellow wrestlers pounding the snot out of the woman who had tried to
murder her a moment before. Brenda and Haggis were beating the thrashing
mystery woman like a piata, but after a few more moments, Venus realized
that the woman in white shouldve been at the very least unconscious and a
sorry bloody mess to boot, but the woman in white only seemed to be
getting more and more pissed off.

The mystery woman reached up and snatched Brendas rebar from out her
hands and flung it away. Venus eyes widened in alarm as she watched the
piece of rebar fly all the way across the clearing where it buried itself
halfway into a fallen tree trunk. The woman in white then grabbed Brenda
by the coppery hair on her head with one hand and brought Brendas face
close enough to kiss her before popping her good one with a closed fist.
Brenda tumbled over backwards, temporarily dazed. The mystery woman
then got back up to her feet and closed to grapple with Haggis
Brenda, grab Venus and get her out of here, Ive got me some hoodoo to
do! hollered Haggis as she struggled with the woman in white.
A wobbly Brenda kipped back up to her feet and pulled a very groggy Venus
back up to her feet. A moment later, Brenda and Venus were both running
down the path and back to the main road as fast as they could run. Haggis
struggled with the mystery woman buying time for Venus and Brenda to get
away.
The woman in white started making all kinds of animal noises. Haggis took
this as a sign that she was getting underneath the Lily Munster wannabes
skin.
(What happens after we get her mad, asked Haggis)
(Then maybe shell make a mistake, replied Haggis)
(Like what? Serve me with white wine? said Haggis)
(Yeah, I see your point, said Haggis)
Haggis dropped her rebar on the ground and went for a collar and elbow
with the woman in white. Haggis was confident in what she was doing as
she was protected by a thin sheen of cedar oil and was reeking of incense.
The mystery woman attempted to muscle Haggis backwards out of the way,
but the sheep-faced woman was in the best shape of her life and her
opponent seemed to have no grappling skills whatsoever. Haggis then slid a
hand down between the mystery womans legs and another hand around her
neck and picked her up for a quick and dirty body slam down on the forest
floor. After a few brutal stomps to the woman in whites forehead and upper

torso, Haggis turned and ran for the entrance to the path back to the road,
picking up her rebar on the fly. But before Haggis exited the meadow, she
felt a couple of ice cold arms sliding underneath her armpits and then some
ice cold hands locking behind her neck.
I wouldve gone for a German suplex instead of a full nelson, spooky,
shouted Haggis.
Haggis countered the full nelson simply by raising her arms above her head
and dropping out of the full nelson like a sack of potatoes. After landing on
her butt, Haggis rolled forward and bounced back up to her feet. Haggis
grabbed her piece of rebar on the fly and sprinted to the entrance to the
clearing. After reaching the entrance, Haggis hurriedly reached into one of
the shopping bags left to one side of the path and pulled out boxes of
gourmet sea salt and began throwing salt across the entrance. When the last
box was used up, Haggis looked up and into the face of the woman in white.
******
Venus and Brenda made it back to the cars. Huffing and puffing, both
women leaned against their vehicles, trying to catch their second winds.
BrendawasthatHaggis? gasped Venus.
ItoldyoushelookedlikeLamb Chop, gasped The Brenda.
Whewwhat isshe doing? panted Venus.
IfI know hershes goingwhere foolsfools fear to tread, panted
Brenda.
Shouldntwe go backand help her? urged Venus.
Venusany minute nowthe sheep is goingto hit the fan, warned
Brenda.

******

The mystery womans long hair had been swept aside, and Haggis could
clearly see her cold pale face and lifeless doll's eyes. Despite repeated blows
to the face with pieces of iron rebar, there did not appear to be a single mark
on the otherwise flawless skin. Without a doubt whoever this had been was
a real looker once and for a heartbeat, Haggis was terribly saddened by that
realization.
Yeah, youre dead, Haggis said.
The now confirmed ghost paused for a moment as if to agree with the sheepfaced woman. But then the woman in white began to pound the invisible
barrier with both fists while shrieking at the top of her lungs. Haggis
sadness gave way to self-preservation. Haggis who didnt have a problem
with salt, swung her whacker one more time with both hands and smacked
the ghostly figure square in the face, knocking her backwards off her feet.
Hey Samara, you fight like a blonde! taunted the Donna of the Meadows
as she turned and ran away.
Unaffected by the salt by virtue of being a whole other kind of supernatural
beastie, the mystery lights raced across the clearing and started following
Haggis at the beckoning of their mistress who despite being undead, was
flopping around on the ground in a world of hurt that most dead people
luckily manage to avoid.
Halfway back to the car, Haggis noticed the flickering of blue, green, and
purple lights behind her. The will-o'-the-wisps were steadily gaining on her.
According to the folklore, they preferred to lure their victims to their deaths
over cliffs and into quicksand bogs, but will-o'-the-wisps are perfectly
capable of killing people by themselves. One touch and they could turn
Haggis into a smoking greasy heap of ashes.
But Haggis had it under control.
The Ewe of Destruction stuck her piece of steel rebar into the ground and
sprinted ahead like a spring lamb. A heartbeat later, she was rewarded with a
blindingly white flash and an earsplitting thunderclap.

Half-blinded, Haggis smirked and muttered, Grounded before running

face first into a tree.

******

Told you, muttered Brenda to Venus as they both tried to rub the spots
caused by the white flash out of their eyes.

******

Venus bosses were more than understanding when she told them over the
phone about the incidents of the previous night and that Haggis had been
involved. Brenda then grabbed the cell phone away from Venus and added
that Haggis deserved a tryout for the FabWar federation and the bosses told
Brenda they would take that recommendation under serious consideration.

******

The park ranger led Venus, Brenda, and Haggis back down the path. It was
noon and although it was a cloudless sky, the forest was still as gloomy and
foreboding as a Silent Hill screenshot. There were other some park rangers
and police officers on the path looking at this and looking at that. And there
was this one senior citizen dressed in orange robes poking around too.
Haggis figured that he was a Buddhist priest. She was right.
At least one hundred and twenty people come to Aokigahara every year to
commit suicide, but we park rangers are certain that there are many more
suicide victims that we have not found yet, said the park ranger in perfectly
clear English, Those signs that we have posted are pleads for troubled
individuals not to take their own lives and to seek help, but as you can see,
they are often ignored. And although I am not a religious man, I am in
complete agreement with you that these woods are haunted, but by what, I
cannot tell you.

What was that pink ribbon about? asked Venus.

Suicides often leave behind ribbon trails so people can find them later. But
I have been to this place many times and this is the first time that I have
seen this ribbon, said the park ranger.
Brenda exclaimed, Look Haggis, theres your whacker!
The wrestlers and the park ranger squatted down to look at the blackened
piece of metal stuck in the ground which was surrounded by tiny globs of
brown goo that may or may not had been coagulated blood or some other
bodily fluids.
Haggis offered an explanation: Will-o'-the-wisps are supposed to be
electrical in nature. Some people think they are in fact ball lightning that
came to life.
I never really liked Reddy Kilowatt, added Brenda, I always thought he
looked kind of shifty.
But why stick a piece of metal into the ground? asked Venus.
It was the only lightning rod I had handy, said Haggis.
The park ranger simply nodded and wondered how the world got to be so
crazy.
Brenda asked, But where did she get the Will-o'-the-wisps, Wilma?
Haggis shrugged and offered, Interns maybe?
Wilma? asked Venus.
Yes, my real first name is Wilma. Did you think my parents were mean
enough to name me Haggis? said Haggis.
Wilma was the only female student ever to graduate from the MacGillony
Wrestling College in Scotland. The boys called her Haggis because she

showed a lot of guts for not quitting, said Brenda.

Thats the nice version of it, said Haggis.
I think I like Haggis better, said Venus.
The wrestlers and the park ranger stood back up and walked until they were
back inside the clearing. Instead of a sapling in the middle of the clearing,
the pink ribbon was tied to a faded and tattered pink Hello Kitty tent. Police
officers and another Buddhist priest were poking in and around it.
That wasnt there before, said Venus.
Brenda and Haggis both nodded in agreement. The three wrestlers began to
approach the tent, but one of the other park rangers waved them back. The
three wrestlers then noticed what looked like CSI technicians in gray
jumpsuits digging around the inside boundary of the clearing. One of the
technicians had just uncovered what appeared to be a human skull and was
placing it into a cardboard evidence box.
The park ranger explained that they were finding human remains, mostly
female buried all over the meadow, but they were not as old as the deceased
individual inside the Hello Kitty tent. The police officials were of a mind
that perhaps a serial killer had been at work here. Then the park ranger who
had waved the trio back came up to talk to them.
It appears that the primary decedent committed suicide twenty years ago,
said the other park ranger, There is nothing left of her but bare bones. All
of her belongings are intact and she had left a note saying that she was
killing herself over a broken heart.
Boyfriend left her? guessed Haggis.
Yes. Her boyfriend had left her for a girl wrestler from Kyushu, said the
park ranger.