Magical Japanese Boulder That’s Imprisoned A Demon For 1,000 Years Has Mysteriously Cracked Open And People Are Spooked

A huge Japanese boulder that, according to superstition, contains a powerful demon has cracked in half. Not now, boulder demon - we’ve all got enough on our plates as it is. 

Japan’s Sessho-seki rock was found split in half on 5 March and - if the legends are true - it likely means a 1,000-year-old female demon is now on the loose. Perfect. 

According to legend, the stone is actually the transformed dead body of a beautiful woman who was found to be a nine-tailed fox and was plotting to kill Emperor Konoe and claim the throne. 

The woman/fox demon was slayed by a warrior and the corpse became the Sessho-seki.

The legend goes that the stone was later exorcised by a Buddhist monk - but fast forward to last weekend and the stone was discovered to have a split in two, most likely due to natural weathering and age. 

Now, as you can imagine, some people are feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing. 

“After nearly 1,000 years, the demon vixen is presumably once again on the loose.” 

But not everyone was concerned, with another Twitter user commenting: “tbh this version of end times sounds more interesting than the bulls**t we’ve actually been going through lately.” Yeah, fair point.

Another agreed: “You know what? I, for one, welcome our new fluffy tailed doom.”

Another eager doom-monger wrote: “Man, imagine of all mythologies and religion Japan was right all along. I'm unironically all for this and want to see where this goes cause I am tired of mundane life and want magical/supernatural stuff to happen.” Bring it on, I say. 

Masaharu Sugawara, from a local volunteer group, said it was a ‘shame’ the stone had broken in two as it was a symbol of the area, but put minds at rest by saying that nature had simply taken its course.