"At the time I was not thinking of anything, I was just very scared, " she said.

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I'm just scared and confused like most of my colleagues.

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"I wasn't scared when I saw her, I just got the creeps, " said the teenager who didn't believe in ghosts before his experience.

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"I wasn't scared when it started ... but it just kept going and going, " said Michelle Roberts, who lives in central Tokyo.

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