10 Creepy Japanese Urban Legends That Might Be True[Part 2 of 2]

6.Gashadokuro:

It is said to consist of skeletal remains of those who have died of starvation. The 'Gashadukoru' is a spirit which rises to more than 15 times an average person's height. While on would suspect they would notice an almost 100 foot skeleton. It is said to possess powers of invisibility.Legend says that it hunts at night,picking travellers from empty roads and biting off their heads. It is said that the sound of gnashing teeth and a ringing sensation can be felt before they strike. There are no stories of anyone running away from this blood thirsty monster however people say shinto can drive it away.

7.Slit-Mouthed Woman:

According to legend, this woman is known in Japan is known as 'Kuchisake Onna'. She was a woman who was mutilated by her husband in life and in death turned to a malicious spirit. The most common version tells that the husband thought she was cheating on him,slicing open her mouth from ear to ear shouting 'Who will think you are beautiful now?'.In 1970s Japan, a story was spreading like wild fire that a woman in a surgical mask was seen roaming the streets at night. Should someone stumble across she would ask them if they think she is beautiful.If the answer is no,they would be killed with scissors.If answered yes she would remove her mask , show her disfigured face and ask again if she is beautiful,if answered yes she would make your face like hers.If no, then she cuts you in half.The only way to escape is to tell her she is average looking or ask if she thinks you are pretty. She will apparently become confused and give her victim time to escape.Another way to distract her is to throw candies or fruits at her feet to distract her.

8.Fatal Fare

This story concerns a lone taxi driver making his way along a road at night. Legend goes that a person will suddenly appear from the darkness and hail the taxi. The person will sit in the back of the car and will ask to be taken to a place the driver has never heard of. When the driver mentions this, he is assured that he will be given directions. The passenger then feeds the driver increasingly complex directions which leads them down streets and alleys, through many towns and even in some instances all the way from the city to the countryside. After traveling this distance and still seeming no closer to any destination, the driver becomes uneasy. He turns around to the back seat to ask the passenger exactly where they are – but he is shocked to find that the passenger has vanished. The taxi driver turns back to the steering wheel, only to drive off the edge of a cliff and die.

9.Gozu (Cow Head):

Gozu (Ox-head), also known as Cow Head, is a Japanese urban legend about a fictional story called 'Cow Head'. Supposedly the Cow Head story is so horrifying that people who read or hear it are overcome with fear so great that they tremble violently for days on end until they die. One variation involves a teacher who tells a bored group of school children the story, resulting in the children and teacher becoming catatonic and losing their memory. Other variations include the detail that no one is able to retell the story since they die after hearing it.

The Cow Head story was rumored to be an unpublished piece from sci-fi writer Sakyo Komatsu, but there is no evidence to link the author to the legend. A Ukrainian folktale called Cow's Head exists, about a woman who receives good fortune by offering food and shelter to a disembodied cow's head that visits her one night, as well as a 2003 film called Gozu, directed by Takashi Miike, neither of which are linked to the legend.

10.Kokkuri-san

Kokkuri is a Japanese version of a ouija board, which became popular during the Meiji era. Rather than using a store-bought board with letters and a Planchette, 'players' write down hiragana characters and place their fingers on a coin, before asking 'Kokkuri-san' a question. This is a popular game in highschools. and, similar to the western ouija board, rumours and legends surround it.

Some include Kokkuri-san only telling players the date of their death, while others say you can ask Kokkuri-san anything but you must finish the game correctly, either by saying goodbye to Kokkuri-san before leaving the table or disposing of the kokkuri game utensils within a certain time limit, such as spending the coin or using the pen used to write the hiragana. Failure to do so will result in misfortune or death for the players.

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