Cue the stalker ride. From the first hell, we'd jokingly made a small sign to try and bum a ride to the next batch of hells. This guy runs up and offers his service. We climbed in and he took us. No problem. All during the ride, you could tell he really wanted to ask us to stay at his house but couldn't work up the nerve. Or he just wanted to hang out with us. He gave us his name and keitai number in case we needed anything. We said goodbye, and went in to the next hell. When we came out to wait at the bus stop, there he was! Out of no where to give us another ride! Creepy! But he was harmless. We joked though that he probably went to all the parks in Beppu looking for us that night.