The "Tek-Tek" on the Tracks: The Woman Cut in Half Chases from Behind

Japanese schools have a very famous ghost called "Tek-Tek" (テケテケ).

It is said to be a female student who was cut in half by a train, with her upper body still alive, lying on the tracks for a long time. Later she became a ghost, using her two arms to prop herself up and crawl along the ground without her lower body. When she crawls, her elbows knock against the ground, making a "tek-tek" sound. She crawls very fast, faster than a bicycle.

Those who see her end up being caught and cut in half at the waist, just like her.

There is another variant called "Kashima Reiko" (カシマレイコ). She asks you a question at night: "Where are my legs?" Legend has it that you must answer "Meishin Expressway" for her to leave. The Meishin Expressway is a highway in Japan connecting Nagoya and Kobe.

This story is said to have spread among Japanese students around the 1990s, with the Hokkaido version supposedly being the earliest, and the train names and station names varying by place. A movie was made based on it in 2009.

Parents use this story to scare their children into not going near the railway tracks in the middle of the night.

For Japanese children, the most memorable thing about this story is that sound: at night, on a dark staircase, hearing "tek-tek, tek-tek" getting closer from afar.

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