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The Tall Woman is a hostile female spirit who appears in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. She is unusually tall, and has a permanent, sinister smile on her face. Her tall height made her an urban legend in the area around Mt. Hikami. Uniquely, Tall Woman is the only hostile enemy aside from Shiranui and Shion that can never be Glanced at any part of the game. Tall Woman is likely based off of Hachisaku-sama, typically translated to Eight Feet Tall in English. She is known for her freakish…

Teke Teke is a famous ghost who appears in a number of urban legends. Teke teke is a women who has no lower half. She runs about on her arms, creating the distinctive “teke teke” sound from which she gets her name. Teke Teke chases its victims down dark roads. Despite having no legs, she can run incredibly fast. When she catches them, something terrible happens. The legends are not always clear what. In some variations of the story the Teke Teke carries a sickle and slices its victims in…

So if Japanese urban legends have taught me anything, it’s that the Japanese love permanently scarring their children. They try to explain it away by saying that a good ghost story helps chill your…

An assortment of things that will find you in the forest