TEKE TEKE

ORIGIN: JAPAN

This urban legend tells the story of the vengeful spirit of a young woman who suffered a gruesome death. 

According to the legend, the woman fell onto a railway line and was cut in half by an oncoming train. 

Her upper body was severed from her lower half, mutilated and ripped of ever once of life in her but her spirit refuse to rest, neither did it agree to move on to the next world.

Now, she roams the streets at night, dragging her torso along the ground with her now evolved claw-like hands, making a sound that seems to say "teke-teke" as she moves.

All those that are unfortunate enough to see Teke Teke often meet a brutal death. 

She is known to chase down her victims with incredible speed even despite having no lower half. 

If she catches the unfortunate fellow, she slices them in half with a scythe or a sharp object, something close to her own horrific death.

Some versions of the legend say that simply hearing the sound of her approaching seals your fate forever; there is no escape.

The story of Teke Teke is particularly frightening because it also reflects the Japanese cultural fascination with ghosts, or yūrei, who often return to seek vengeance. 

The legend is a reminder of the thin line between life and death.