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

by Glen Grant (Author)
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  • 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)

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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good ghost tales of Hawaii, December 17, 1997
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Aloha! A Honolulu Recomendation
As a Honolulu author myself, I look to Glen Grant with great respect and aloha. He started out as a folklore student at the University of Hawaii Manoa, collecting all these... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Waikiki Gal

5.0 out of 5 stars I believe!
I grew up in Hawaii and while I personally did not encounter these experiences, I have heard many stories, including those of Pele, the Green Lady (who for some reason I was... Read more
Published on February 21, 2007 by Vicki Asato

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
This is a well-researched, eminently readable book. I deeply regret that I didn't know about Glen Grant's Haunted Hawaii tours when I went to the Islands several years ago. Read more
Published on August 3, 2006 by Donna L. Hagen

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent storytelling
Glenn Grant's Obake Files will forever be in my book collection. I was always a fan of ghost/spooky stories since childhood and the collection of the stories presented in this... Read more
Published on November 1, 2004 by dirtjarproductions

5.0 out of 5 stars " The Best and Excellent Scary Book Ever Published".
* Aloha "The Obake Files" Is The Most Intriging Book Of All Time, I Even Mention This Book On My Xanga Site (www.xanga.com/da_kronics_69). Read more
Published on June 23, 2004 by Bessie.Ramos-Kai

5.0 out of 5 stars Read at night, and look at the skin on the back of your hand
That's what Hawaiian's call "chicken skin"! You can't read a short page like "A Strange Encounter in Lahaina, 1927" (pg. Read more
Published on March 29, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING
Living in hawaii and encountering and hearing stories like these lead me to belive they are true.After reading this book it will leave you wondering if the stories are fact or... Read more
Published on January 1, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Very much explains spirits in Hawaii!
Growing up in Hawai'i, I have learned of the ghostly spirits. Glen Grant writes of the legends of Hawai'i and how people who have encountered the supernatural, saw and felt... Read more
Published on July 16, 1998

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