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| Teke Teke, Matthew Meyer |
The legend says that one day, in Japan, a young schoolgirl fell into the rails and was brutally killed by a collision with a passing train, cutting her in half. Restless, her spirit became an onryō, the upper part of her dead body rose on her hands, and with a large scythe in one hand, she began crawling in dark, desolated and isolated places of Japan.
Nowadays, it is said in Japan that wanderers should never walk alone at night or in a gloomy day, by fear of meeting the Teke Teke. But if you were unlucky enough to meet her anyway, your only option to stay alive is to run as fast as you can, in order to loose her behind. In fact, she will relentlessy chase you on her fast moving hands, hitting viciously the ground with her broken nails, making a fearful sound : "Teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke teke...
If you managed to loose her, congradulations, you are still alive and traumatised for the rest of your life. But if you were not fast enough, she will eventually catch you and split you in half, exactly as she was.
Two films were made inspired by the urban legend:
Teketeke (2009), directed by Kôji Shiraishi...
Followed by its sequel, Teketeke 2 (2009).
Sources:
http://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2015/10/31/a-yokai-a-day-teke-teke/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teke_Teke
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