Obake Files: Ghostly Encounters in Supernatural Hawaii (Chicken Skin Series) (Paperback)

by Glen Grant (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: Mutual Publishing (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566471001
• ISBN-13: 978-1566471008
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #308,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glen Grant has done it again!, August 2, 1998

By A Customer

Obake Files is a book based soley upon the supernatural legends of ancien Hawaii such as choking ghosts, nightmarchers, and 8 ghost photographs. A book highly reccomended for those late nights alone!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A chilling look into Hawaii's supernatural traditions., January 27, 1998

By A Customer

As a college student on the mainland I, like most students, have been required to read thousands of pages of text that at times puts me to sleep. This book on the other hand will do just the opposite. It will make you wonder and question what we call reality. Grant takes Hawaii's rich history of oral communication and legendary tales , and combines them with recent unexplained experiences of ordinary people to give the reader that unique feeling that comes with ghost stories. I recomend this book to anyone who loves to hear tales of odd occurances and to those readers who love to hear a a good story told by a master storyteller. The editing in this book isn't perfect and to understand all the "local" terms will take some time but it's well worth it for the supernatural enthusiast. If you're anything like me, you have a hard time looking in your rear view mirror at night or even going to sleep after reading a few of his stories.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good ghost tales of Hawaii, December 17, 1997

By A Customer

I picked-up Grant's book at Honolulu International. The stories are relatively short and very entertaining. They are both narratives and introduction to the cultural basis behind folk beliefs. I was able to finish about a third of the book on my flight to San Francisco. If you would like something that can be very satisfying on a 5-8 hour flight, then this is the one to get. I would be interested in obtaining more of Grant's Chicken-skin Series tales.