Scary Legend

Kuchisake-Onna

          This legend is about a woman seen at night and is described having long black hair, a white long white dress and a facial mask concealing only her mouth. Behind the mask, her mouth is slit from ear to ear hence her name Kuchisake-Onna meaning "slit-mouthed woman" in Japanese. The legend is set in Japan during the Sengoku period. A samurai scarred his wife's mouth after finding out she had an affair. She died in the grip of extreme emotional pain and anger thus the birth of an unrested spirit. Let's give Kuchisake-Onna a nickname, KO, because Kuchisake-Onna is a mouthful...ahaaa see what I did there?
       
          According to legend, KO comes at night. She approaches people asking them, "Am I beautiful?" then she removes her mask to show them her mouth. If the questioned person replies no, KO will cut that person in half with a pair of scissors she carries with her. If the questioned person replies yes, KO will cut that person's mouth like hers and will say, "Thank You, now you're beautiful too." If you try to run away from KO she'll just reappear in front of you again. In some other versions of the legends, it's possible to escape from KO. For an example, you can throw candy at her which will keep her distracted hopefully enough for you to run. Another example is by confusing KO, answer her question with another question.

         There was this one reporting in Korea, where a lady wearing a facial mask was chasing children. During the chase, she was accidentally ran over by a car and the collision caused her mouth to be slit from ear to ear. I don't know how getting ran over by a car can cause your mouth to be slit from ear to ear. Maybe the car had spikes or something. Jeez KO you shouldn't of had cheated on your husband.