This is a Japanese urban legend, about the ghost of a school girl who has fallen onto the railway tracks and got cut into half, waist up. She is a vengeful spirit who sneaks around urban areas and railway tracks at night. Since she has no lower body, she drags herself to places on her elbows/hands. While doing so her upper torso makes a scratching or "teke teke"-like sound. Hence the name of the legend. If she encounters an individual, she will chase them and slice them in half at the torso, killing them in such a way that mimics her disfigurement; in certain variations, Teke Teke will ask the individual to tell her the location of her missing legs.
One version of the story concerns a young woman known as Kashima Reiko. As with the original iteration of the legend, Kashima died when her legs were severed from her body by a train after she fell on the tracks. According to some sources some versions of the legend state that, when an individual learns of Kashima's story, she will appear to them within one month. (Author: Sorry guys, cy'all in hell) The "Kashima Reiko" story predates that of Teke Teke. The legless spirit of Kashima Reiko is said to haunt bathroom stalls, asking occupants if they know where her legs are. If a questioned individual replies with an answer that Kashima does not find acceptable, she will rip or cut their legs off. Individuals may survive the encounter by replying that her legs are on the Meishin Expressway, or by responding with the phrase "kamen shinin ma", or "mask death demon" (which is known to be the phonetic root of Kashima's name). The legend of Kashima Reiko has been described as a "bathroom-centric variation" of Teke Teke.
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