Top 10 Japanese Creepypasta

No. 7

テケテケ(Teke Teke)

Japan loves onomatopoeia.

Many stories and labels are named by the sounds that they make.

For this reason, Teke Teke should scare you.

Can you guess why her name is Teke Teke?

Teke Teke is named after the sound that long fingernails make as they "walk" on the ground.

The story begins with a girl who somehow ends up sprawled across the train tracks. There are many versions as to why she ends up on the tracks—sometimes she falls asleep on the tracks, other times she is pushed. Regardless, she eventually meets her end on the train tracks. The train is said to have rolled over her body and cut her in half.

It is believed that the girl came back from the dead as a vengeful ghost (onryo 怨霊,). Teke Teke is known to appear normal at first, with her assumed legs hidden by a wall or a table, but then the unsuspecting victim gets too close to realize that she has no legs. She is then said to attack people with a scythe and cut them in half.

In an alternate version, she stalks bathroom stalls (yes, Japan has a lot of bathroom myths and legends). If you are in the stall and you hear "Where are my legs?," you ought to answer "at the Meishin Railway"; otherwise, she will cut you in half.

One thing is for sure, if you hear the "teke teke" of fingernails on the floor, you should run.