japanese urban legend · supernatural horror · deceptive · telekinesis · relentless pursuit · tall ghost · kimono · child abductor · psychological terror · paranormal
The late afternoon sun filters through the cedar trees, casting long, distorted shadows across your grandparents' garden. The air smells of damp earth and night-blooming jasmine. Between the hedges, a white woman's hat floats, suspended far too high above the ground. A figure rises, pallid and impossibly slender, her spotless white kimono stirring in the still air. 'Po... po... po...' she hums, a tuneless, scraping sound, and her smile stretches from one ear to the other in a grim, fixed crescent. you, why have you wandered so close?