Top 10 Japanese Creepypasta

No. 5

牛頭 (Gozu) The Cow's Head

This legend is uncomfortable because you never actually learn the story.

How?

Well, you see, the story is called "The Cow's Head", but nobody actually knows the story because all those who know the story eventually die of fright. It said that some fragments of the story still exist, but the full story is too terrifying to try to piece together.

Allegedly there was a schoolteacher who came into possession of the original story.

One day, he and his class were traveling by bus for a school trip. To pass the time, the teacher decided to tell the students the story of The Cow's Head.

He began the story like any Japanese folktale—at first the students were interested, but soon they grew uncomfortable with the subject matter. As the teacher neared the climax of the story, some students cried out in protest. They screamed for him to stop, but he seemed to be in a trance-like state as he progressed through the story. As the children held their ears and called for help, the teacher's eyes glazed over as he concluded the tale of The Cow's Head.

When he came to, the teacher was shocked to find that the bus had landed itself in a ditch. The students had fainted and the bus driving was left slumped over the wheel, frothing at the mouth.

Whatever happened to the teacher and the students is unknown—but one thing is for sure, none of them retold the story of The Cow's Head.