The story of a fox

There are a lot of stories about foxes around here, which was deep in the mountains, but for some reason no one has seen the fox's ghostly horrible appearance.
Once upon a time, Shimonagaya was a lonely village, and sometimes a fox fire could be seen.
One night, a peasant returned from Shinmei Shrine and was walking on a dark village road. Suddenly, the blue fire was burning above the top of the cedar tree.
After a while, the fireballs flowed without any sound. Then this time, there is a sound of something coming on in a nearby bushe. When the peasant was crazy about running home, a loud noise was heard in the rice field. The next day, when he climbed the mountain, he found a number of horizontal holes like a fox nest.
There is such a story in Hino too.
At one point, a man in the village who picked up a tree was in a hurry on the way home from dusk.
However, only on that day, I never reach the village. The mountains were darker and darker, and the man was at a loss, sat down on an old tree plant, took out cigarettes and matches from his pockets, and lit them with fire.
Then, for a moment, when I wondered if the light glowed, the familiar usual path clearly emerged in front of the man who was being taken.
It's the story of a woman.
One day, with my companion, I went to the mountains of Noba to pick up trees. I was working hard to make a bunch of wood, but eventually I could not see my companion. The sound of breaking the branches of a tree pachin pachin pachin and the sound of breaking the pawn horns echoes, but I don't know where they are.
"I was turned into a man or a fox."
At once the woman was squatting and still. For he remembered that the man would be peeing and taking a break of cigarettes. At the same time, he seemed to be able to see his companion safely.
That's why when a woman in the village entered the mountains, she always went with her so that she would not be turned into a fox.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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