The Legend of Kuchisake-onna

There is a Japanese legend so feared schools once sent children home early because of

it. They call her Kuchisake-onna, the slit-mouthed woman. Her story dates

back hundreds of years to the wife of a jealous samurai punished cruelly.

Others say she still walks the streets today, appearing late at night in a

surgical mask. Am I pretty? If you say no, she kills you.

If you say yes, she slowly removes the mask. How about now?

In the 1970s, sightings spread so fast that parents escorted kids home

in groups. Because if you hesitate, she follows you, still asking the