senaga-jima, Okinawa, june, 1965

openminded · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:27 am Post subject: senaga-jima, Okinawa, june, 1965

While in the US Air Force staioned at Naha Air Base, Okinawa one evening as I was entering Senaga-Jima island site of some bloody world war II battles the k-9 handler radioed for me to join him immediately. "What,s the problem?" I asked. "Mr Watanabe the okinawan dog handler has seen some strange lights by the old bunkers." "On the way." So accompanied by the island patrolman I arrived at the bunker at the lower reaches and rear of the small island which was honeycombed with caves that had been used so lethally by japanese defenders barely twenty years before. "The lights are at the bottom of the first bunker!" So four of us with two dogs began to walk toward the area indicated, our .38 Smith and Wesson revolvers drawn and ready for use. As we reached the bottom of the bunker we could clearly see two very bright constant lights about eight feet off the ground and suspended over open ground, but we couldn,t see anyone or anything holding these lights. "Spirit Lights." Watanbe squeaked. "If they catch you they,ll steal your soul!" At the same time both dogs turned round and began to run Back the way we,d come- and we had a race to see who could get back first! Of course when help arrived there was NO Sign of these lights. I just wish that was the Only thing that happened over there