ISLANDERS FOUND DEAD
At approx. 4:30 PM yesterday, the captain of the Oboro-maru, docked at Rogetsu Isle, reported the deaths of multiple Rogetsu islanders. All of the bodies were found with their hands covering their faces, leading the police to fear an outbreak of some kind of infectious disease.
NO SURVIVORS FOUND
The police plan to continue the search for those islanders whose whereabouts have yet to be determined while recovering the bodies. Despite everyone on the island being either missing or dead, there were no signs of any conflict or foul play.
Faced with nothing to go on but the sudden disappearance of the island's population and without any evidence of natural disasters, the police remain baffled by this bizarre incident.
Article: "Islanders found dead"
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| Kanji | 新聞「島民、謎の死」 しんぶん 「とうみん、なぞ の し」 |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
| Author | Unknown |
| Chapter | Phase I: The Summoning |
| Located at | Asou Museum |
| Obtained | In the photo display case beside Dr. Asou's picture on the wall |
| Description | Old newspaper clipping about the mass deaths on the island. |
| Additional Description | There are some newspaper clippings of articles about the mass disappearances on the island. |
| Related Notes | Article: "Mass disappearances", Article: "Last survivor dies", Article: "Prof. Asou arrives" & Article: "Investigation stalls" |
■朧月島で集団怪死事件
昨日午後四時半頃、朧月島に着港した
定期船「おぼろ丸」の船長から、同島の
島民が多数死亡しているとの通報があった。
発見時、遺体は一様に手で顔を覆うような
状態であった事から、警察では疫病の
集団感染も懸念される。
■残る島民はいずこへ
また、残る島民も島の中に姿が見えず、
生存者はいまだ発見されていない。
警察では、遺体回収と同時に、
これからも島民の捜索を続ける予定である。
島民の多くが死亡、あるいは行方不明となる
事態にもかかわらず、
争った跡や事故が発生した形跡も無く、
島民だけが忽然と姿を消したかのような
光景に、駆けつけた警察らも
首をひねっている。
Additional Information
The article refers to a passenger-carrying boat named the Oboro Maru. The character 丸 (Maru) is affixed in accordance with Japanese ship-naming conventions. Oboro (おぼろ) is another pronunciation of the character 朧 (rou; hazy), the first character in "Rogetsu". The most probable explanation is that this is a liner which carries goods and passengers through the archipelago and was named accordingly. However, it could simply be an in-joke.