Teke Teke
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The Teke Teke is a Japanese urban legend
about the ghost of a young woman, or school girl, who fell on a rail way line and was cut in half by the oncoming train. Now a vengeful spirit, she carries a scythe or a saw and travels on either her hand or elbows, her dragging upper torso making a scratching or 'teke teke' sound. If she encounters anyone at night and the victim is not fast enough, she will slice them in half at the torso, mimicking her own disfigurement.
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Otoshimono (2006) features a variation of the legend
The manga Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, which features several urban legends, includes a story about the Teke Teke but in this version the victims are pushed onto a train track to be sliced in two.
Japanese urban legends
Japanese urban legends are enduring modern folktales of paranormal creatures and their attacks on innocent victims. They rarely include the fantastical or animistic yokai of earlier Japanese superstition, and are mostly based on onryo, Japanese ghosts who have become vengeful spirits and take...
about the ghost of a young woman, or school girl, who fell on a rail way line and was cut in half by the oncoming train. Now a vengeful spirit, she carries a scythe or a saw and travels on either her hand or elbows, her dragging upper torso making a scratching or 'teke teke' sound. If she encounters anyone at night and the victim is not fast enough, she will slice them in half at the torso, mimicking her own disfigurement.
Legend
As a young school boy was walking home at night, he spotted a beautiful young girl standing by a windowsill resting on her elbows. They smiled at each other for a moment before the girl jumped out of the window and revealed her lower half was missing; she then cut the boy in two.Alternative version
A very similar urban legend concerns another girl, Kashima Reiko, who died on the train tracks and lost her legs. Kashima Reiko, appears to be an abbreviation of Kamen Shinin Ma (Mask, dead person demon). Kashima haunts bathroom stalls and will ask the occupant where her legs are. Answering incorrectly will result in having your legs ripped off. To save yourself you must either answer her question with 'Kashima Reiko', or tell her that her legs are at the Meishin Railway and answer Kashima Reiko if she asks you who told you this.In fiction
Two Japanese horror films called Teke-Teke and Teke Teke 2 were created in 2009 by Kôji ShiraishiKōji Shiraishi
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, most notably The Curse.-Background:Kōji Shiraishi was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan...
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Otoshimono (2006) features a variation of the legend
The manga Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, which features several urban legends, includes a story about the Teke Teke but in this version the victims are pushed onto a train track to be sliced in two.