Article: "Mass disappearances"

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Magazine: Approaching the Darkness
Kanji	雑誌「集団失踪の闇」 ざっし 「しゅうだん しっそう の やみ」
Game	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Author	Unknown
Chapter	Phase III: Lost Day
Located at	Haibara Infirmary, Surgery Prep Room
Obtained	Between the locker and wall
Description	An old magazine article. It's about the mass disappearance and Getsuyuu Syndrome.
Additional Description	There's something in the locker. It looks like a magazine clipping.
Related Notes	Newspaper: Last Survivor Dies, Article: "Prof. Asou arrives", Newspaper: Disappearance Mystery & Article: "Islanders found dead"

ENJA

APPROACHING THE DARKNESS OF THE DISAPPEARANCE CASE

It's been six months since the mass death and disappearance on Rogetsu Isle...

The investigation has been called off and the case is fading into obscurity, but our independent investigation has uncovered a dark history that is the key to breaking this case!!

A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE: GETSUYUU SYNDROME

We first turned our attention to "Getsuyuu Syndrome", a strange illness only found in the Rogetsu Archipelago.

According to a specialist we interviewed, it's a peculiar memory disorder that presents as sleepwalking and behaving as if possessed.

THE RETURN OF AN ANCIENT CALAMITY

According to a folklorist familiar with the area, its inhabitants have dreaded this condition since ancient times, believing it to be contagious.

Moreover, there are legends that say the majority of the population was once spirited away...

A MASS OUTBREAK?

What, dear readers, do you think might happen if a mass-onset of Getsuyuu Syndrome occurred? The island is surrounded by the sea. It's not hard to imagine where those wandering around obliviously might end up...

EXPLOITATION EVOKES SUPERNATURAL WRATH

The island is also home to the "Rogetsu Kagura", a strange festival said to appease souls who were spirited away.

Just before the incident, there were apparently concerns raised about advertising the kagura to attract tourists. Could it be that the underlying cause of the disaster was the shallow hubris of monetizing the sacred kagura...?

THE ONLY WITNESS...HAS DIED

The last person to know the truth was a young girl who passed away in the hospital only recently. What was it she saw as she muttered "mother" to her empty bedside...?

Only Rogetsu Isle knows the answers now, and there is no one there to tell them to...

■謎の集団失踪事件の闇に迫る

朧月島で発生した
集団失踪事件から、はや半年…
捜査は打ち切られ、忘れさられつつある
この事件だが、我々が独自に調査したところ
事件の重要な鍵といえる闇の歴史が
浮かび上がった。
■謎の病気　月幽病
　我々はまず、島周辺のみで確認できる奇病
「月幽病」の存在に注目した。
専門医に聞いたところ、記憶障害の一種で
何かに憑かれたような振る舞いをする
夢遊病のような症状が特徴との事である。
■島の歴史に刻まれている災厄の再来
島周辺の歴史に詳しい民俗学者によると、
島ではこの病気の状態を古くから
伝染病のよう恐れていたという。
さらに島には、島民の大半が神隠しに
あったという伝承も存在していたのだ。
■集団的な月幽病か
仮に、何かが原因で月幽病が
集団発症したらどうなるか？
島の周囲は一面の海である。
…意識無くさまよった者がどうなるか
想像に難しくはない。
■観光化が祟りに触れた
神隠しで失われた魂を鎮める為か
島には「朧月神楽」という奇祭が存在する。
事件当時、神楽を観光行事化する
ことを懸念する声があったようだ。
神聖な神楽を観光資源にする
人間の浅ましさが怪事件の遠因なのか…？
■最後の証人も亡くなって…
しかし、真実を知る最後の生存者の少女も
先日病院で息をひきとった。
病床で「おかあさん」とつぶやいた少女は
何を見たのか。
答えは、今は寄りつく者さえいない
朧月島だけが知っている…。