[Episode 14: What Lurks in the Shed] Africa Kennel. [Trailer]

This is the trailer for Episode 14, “The One Hiding in the Shed.” It covers the ruin said to be the “Africa Kennel site” in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.

The place is said to be the site of a pet-related facility run by the offender in a real case that occurred in Saitama Prefecture. The memory of that case and the eeriness of the ruin made it talked about as a haunted spot. However, we have found no primary source beyond the cited articles confirming that this facility and the case are the same.

The trailer introduces the investigation here. The main episode has two parts. This may be a place connected to real crime victims, so this site does not encourage visiting out of curiosity and avoids going deep into the case itself.

What to Watch For

This is an episode we handle with particular care. It is a place talked about in connection with the memory of a real case, and this page does not go into the details of the case. When you watch the trailer, look not only at the ruin footage but also at how it is handled: what is shown and what is not.

Our Take

In our view, rumors about this place may have been told for so long because the shock of the case was large, and information that this was “the site of a facility tied to the operator at the time” spread through the area before anyone could verify it. This is only speculation. The identity of the facility and the case is not supported by primary sources beyond what we could confirm. Where we cannot be definitive, we write that something is unconfirmed. We consider that the minimum sincerity we owe real victims and their families.