Legendary 'Killing Stone' of Japan Mysteriously Splits in Half

In an eerie turn of events, a Japanese rock said to contain a sinister spirit from centuries ago has been discovered mysteriously split in half. Known as Sessho-seki, or the 'killing stone,' the sizeable boulder reportedly boasts a rather fantastic backstory. According to legend in Japan, the rock serves as something of a supernatural prison for a woman named Tamamo-no-Mae, who was caught plotting against the country's Emperor Konoe nearly a century ago. Upon being captured, the story goes, she revealed that her true identity was that of a mystical nine-tailed fox and, after being killed for the coup attempt, the entity's spirit transformed into the 'killing stone.'

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