Eduardo Márquez. Kuchisake-Onna-Slit-Mouthed "Woman"

 Kuchisake-onna - Slit-Mouthed Woman

Kuchisake-onna, also known as the "Slit-Mouthed Woman," is a Japanese urban legend that dates back to the 1970s. According to the story, a beautiful woman used to wander the streets at night wearing a surgical mask and a long coat. The woman would approach children and ask them if they found her beautiful.

If the children answered "yes," the woman would remove her mask to reveal that her mouth was slit from ear to ear and then ask them "How about now?" If the children answered "no," the woman would attack them with a pair of large scissors she carried with her. If the children answered "yes" again, she would cut their mouths to make them look like hers.

It's said that this legend was inspired by a real-life series of murders in Japan in the 1970s. Some people claim to have seen the Slit-Mouthed Woman wandering the streets even to this day.

Although it is a legend and there is no concrete evidence of the Slit-Mouthed Woman's existence, the story has frightened many people over the years and remains one of Japan's most well-known urban legends.