Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna or (Slit mouth women) she is a woman who was killed by her husband and returns as a malicious spirit.according to the legend she hides her slit mouth and go every where to ask people if she's pretty or not. If you she asked you"am i pretty" and if you said NO she will kill you with scissors. And if you said YES she will take off her mask and ask "am i pretty now?" If you said NO she will cut you in halfs, and if you said yes she will slit your mouth so the victim resembles her.

To avoid this fate,several people during the Edo period claimed that they gave her confusing answers like average and So-So or threw money or hard candy at her, buying themselves time to run away and lose her.

So beware of the of the slit mouth women?