Scary: The slit mouth woman of Japan, who mutilates others too
Tokyo: Rumours of alleged sightings of a slit mouth woman in Japan began spreading in 1979 around the Nagasaki Prefecture, it spread throughout Japan and caused panic in many towns.Locals call this slit mouth woman
would ask the traveler if they thought she was beautiful (“Watashi kirei?”). If they answered in the negative, she would immediately kill them with a long pair of scissors.
Due to her unearthly beauty, the victim would usually say yes. The woman would then rip off her mask, revealing the horrible, gaping wounds marring her face. “How about now,” she would ask the horrified traveler.