Hey, guys, I'm Court McGinley and welcome back to the most amazing top 5.
Let's jump right into our list of the top 5 Scary North Korean Urban Legends that might
be real.
Coming in at our number 5 spot--Fan Death- Turns out this is a very well known superstition
in the Korean Culture.
So apparently in Korea if you run an electric fan in a closed room with no windows you will
die.
Its said the evil fan sucks oxygen away from sleepers which results in them being suffocated.
Or there's the theory that the fan will all of a sudden release all this freezing air
and you will die from hypothermia.
So I would like to note that there's no evidence to support these theories but they still hold
a strong belief among the people.
And this isn’t a new legend either it goes all the way back to when electric fans were
introduced in Korea- which was in the 1920s and 1930s.
Due to this new technology at the time people were warned they may experience- nausea- asphyxiation-
and facial paralysis.
There was even an article that came out titled Strange harm from electric fans.
Yeah, death by an electric fan who knew it was an urban legend.
In at number 4--Haunted bathrooms-, this one is pretty messed up so apparently, there's
a popular urban legend in Korea that suggests ghosts live in school toilets.
And apparently, they will stick out their hands while you are using the toilet and ask
you if you want red or blue toilet paper?
I would run out screaming- but apparently, some people stick around to answer the question.
If you answer red then the ghost kills you by cutting you up- and if you answer blue
it kills you by suffocating you.
Now that definitely seems like an urban legend and I don’t think it could be real.
However, there are so many schools in Korea that are said to be haunted.
And in these schools, the bathrooms are usually a mess and there's poor lighting.
So there's always ghost stories about the bathrooms.
There have been reported cases of suicide installs- toilets flushing on their own- and
people are always claiming to hear someone crying but then discover they were in the
bathroom alone.
So I mean you never know- this might not be far from the truth.
At number 3--Virgin Ghosts- yes if you believe in ghosts then there's a good chance that
you believe that this urban legend might be real.
Turns out ghosts and virgins are major fixtures of Korean culture.
So, therefore, virgin ghosts are a thing.
Apparently, these ghosts are found in abandoned buildings and forests.
And just like creepy ghosts in horror movies, they have really long dark hair that’s conveniently
covering their face and more often then not they will be wearing a white dress.
They were said to be really common back in the day as a warning to society- since to
die a virgin- which in those days meant single- was a disgrace to the society.
Right before they appear to you you'll notice the temperature drop rather suddenly.
They are said to dart from the shadows and kill you so you don’t continue to bring
shame to your family.
Yeah, that’s a kind of a harsh one.
Coming in at number 2--Elevator- Now many people have claimed to have this happen to
them But this story first began with a 19-year-old named Karuko.
Karuko lived on the 14th floor.
She was coming home late from university one night.
When she got into her building she went into the elevator.
Just as the doors were about to close a handsome man stuck out his hand to stop it.
He stepped into the elevator and told Karuko he lived on the 13th floor.
The 2 talked while the elevator reached his floor.
When it got to his floor He got out and with a creepy smile on his face pulled out a knife
and said ill meet you upstairs.
Then he bolted to the staircase.
Before Karuko knew what was going on the elevator doors closes.
So clearly she was freaking out.
No matter what button she hit the elevator didn’t stop and sadly she met her death
when the doors opened up again.
Many people say that this is why elevators now have stop buttons.
So many others have said they had this happen to them and all of them described the man
as looking the same- but he's never been captured- which leads many people to believe he's just
an urban legend.
However many women still spread the warning to beware of a tall handsome man who tries
to get in an elevator with you while you're alone.
And in at number 1-- Slit mouthed woman- If you live in Korea and are a child walking
alone late at night there you may just run into this woman.
When she first approaches you she will be wearing a white or red surgical mask covering
her mouth.
Its said she asks children if they think she is pretty.
If the child replies no she kills them with a pair of scissors.
If the child says yes she removes her mask to show them her mouth.
Now normally this wouldn’t be a bad thing- however, in this case, this woman's mouth
has been slit open from ear to ear.
Once you see her in her true form she will ask you again if you think she is pretty.
If you reply no the second time she will kill you- if you still say yes then she will slit
your mouth open just like hers.
Yeah, so its kind of a lose-lose situation.
If you try and run away from her then she will just reappear in front of you so there
is no escape.
So yeah basically just don’t go walking around the streets late at night by yourself.
People who have claimed to actually encounter this woman and live to tell the tale said
they escaped unharmed by replying with answers like so-so or say she's average looking.
Others have said they gave her money and she didn’t come after them.
This urban legend apparently came from 2 true stories.
The first one is that back in the day this woman was real and she was an escaped mental
patient.
The second story is that she was married and her husband found out she was cheating on
him so he used a sword to cut her from ear to ear and he asked her- who will think you
are beautiful now- and that’s why she asks people she comes across that question.
And there you guys have it that’s our list of the top 5 scary North Korean Urban Legends
that might be real.
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