You've heard of the slenderman
But have you heard of the tall slenderwoman??
This story called "Hachisakusama" which means "Eight feet tall"
Let's start the story
Her grandparents lived in a small village in Japan
every summer her parents would take her there on holiday to visit them.
The last time he saw them was the summer when he was 8 years old.
Her grandparents were inside the house and he was playing by himself outside in the backyard.
Then he heard a strange sound
🔊 Thumping sound 🔊
He didn't know what it was and it was hard to figure out where it was coming from he was looking around searching for the source of the noise, When he noticed something on top of the tall hedges that enclosed the backyard.
It was a straw hat, It wasn't resting on the hedge, It was behind it.
That's where the sound was coming from.
Then, the hat began to move.
It stopped at a small gap in the hedge and he could see a face peering through.
It was a woman, but the hedges were high, almost eight feet tall.
He was surprised at how tall the woman was.
He wondered if she was wearing a stilts or some sort of huge, high-heeled shoes.
Then, a split second later, she walked off and the strange noise disappeared with her, fading into the distance.
Confused, He got up and ran back into their house.
Her grandparents were in the kitchen drinking tea.
He sat down at the table and told her grandparents what he had seen.
They weren't really paying attention to her until he mentioned that distinctive sound.
🔊 Thump 🔊
They both froze
Her grandma's eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth with her hand.
Her grandpa's face become very serious and grab her by the arm.
"This is very important", he said, very intensely.
"How tall was she?"
"As tall as the garden hedge."
"Where was she standing?"
"When did this happen, what did you do?"
"Did she see you?"
He tried to answer all of his questions as best as he could.
Her grandpa rushed out to the hallway and made a phone call.
He couldn't hear what he was saying but after he hung up, he walked out the door.
"Grandma, what's going on?"
"There's something dangerous abducting children in this area," she said.
"We call it Hachisakusama."
It takes on the appearance af an extremely tall woman and says, (Thumping sound) in a deep voice.
A long time ago, it was captured by monks and they managed to confine it in a ruined building on the outskirts of the village.
They trapped it using 4 jizo, small religious statues that they placed at the North, South, East and West of the ruins, so that it could not escape.
But somehow it did.
The last time it appeared was 15 years ago.
Her grandmother said that anyone who saw it was destined to die within a few days.
It all sounded so crazy, He wasn't sure what to believe.
Just then her grandpa came back but with old woman who called herself Kasan.
They took her upstairs to her bedroom and began covering the windows with newspaper, with ancient runes written all over them.
Kasan placed small bowls of salt in all 4 corners of the room and a small Buddha figure in the center.
"Soon the sun will be setting so listen carefully. You must stay in this room until 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do not open this door for any reason." Kasan said.
She placed a bucket in her hands.
"Not even to use the restroom."
Her grandparents and kasan left the room and her locked the door after them.
He couldn't believe what was happening.
"Was i really gonna die in a few days?" She asked herself.
He turned on the TV to try to make her mind off everything and eventually fell asleep.
He was awakened around 1 A.M. by a tapping sound on the window.
"It's probably just a tree or something", he told herself.
Then came a knock on the door and he heard her grandpa's voice,
"Are you okay in there? If you're scared i can come keep you company."
Hearing his voice was such a relief that without thinking her rushed over to the door.
But something didn't feel right.
He looked at the bowls of salt in the room.
All four of them had turned black.
And then he heard the sound again.
🔊 Thumping sound 🔊
The tapping on the window continued.
He knelt in front of the Buddha and began to pray.
He was so terrified and cought up in her chanting that he didn't realize the sounds had stopped.
He checked her watch, it was 7:30 A.M.
Carefully he opened the door and ran to her grandparents.
They all got in a van and headed straight for the airport.
Apparently there were others who had escaped the grasp of Hachisakusama, as long as they never stepped foot in Japan again.
So 2 years ago when her grandpa got sick, he refused to let her visit him.
He even left strict instructions in his will to not let her attend his funeral.
He couldn't believe that this creature prevented her from saying goodbye to him.
So when her grandma called a few days ago to tell her
that she's had been diagnosed with cancer, He wasn't gonna let her stop her from visiting.
"It's been 10 years grandma, and nothing has happened to me."
"We don't even know if this thing is real."
"I'm not gonna let it stop me from seeing you."
"If you say so, dear." Her grandma said
"I love grandma, I'll see you soon."
🔊 Thumping sound 🔊
"Widened eyes*
THE END
I'm very sorry for my grammar 😅😅
