Yuki was a young woman who lived on the outskirts of a Japanese town.
She was known for her beauty, but also for her reserved and mysterious character.
Few knew that Yuki was actually a Rokurokubi.
During the day, she spent hours as a human, though at night, her yokai nature flourished.
The young woman led a solitary life and hardly interacted with the neighbors.
However, one day, a man named Hiroshi moved in next door.
He was an inquisitive man and soon found himself intrigued by Yuki's enigmatic beauty.
They spoke on several occasions and a connection began between the two.
As they got to know each other better, Yuki struggled to control her transformation into
Rokurokubi overnight.
However, it became more and more difficult to handle the situation and her transformation
became more frequent and intense.
One day, Hiroshi began to notice that something was wrong with the young woman.
He saw her behaving strangely and noticed her neck craning slightly at times.
Perhaps it had been an optical illusion, but his doubts made him investigate and he found
the name of a yokai.
Still doubting if he could be facing some kind of demon, instead of walking away, Hiroshi
became even more obsessed with Yuki and her supernatural nature.
One night, he decided to follow her and that's when he saw her while she was transforming.
He watched her stealthily as her neck stretched out and moved in search of her next prey.
Horrified, he discovered that Yuki was murdering people in the town overnight.
He tried to run away, but the yokai who knew he had been discovered chased after him with
its long neck outstretched, emitting a bloodcurdling scream.
Hiroshi ran, but the Rokurokubi caught up with him and strangled him, leaving a terrible
death stamp.
Since then, it is said that the town where Hiroshi lived is controlled by this terrible
Japanese yokai, and those who dare to approach it at night can hear the screams and see the
twisted and monstrous figure of Yuki, lurking.
Today we bring you the Rokurokubi, a type of Japanese yokai.
There are two different types, those that can completely separate their heads from their
body, and those that stretch their necks out enormously.
The latter, although their body doesn’t move, their head can move by stretching their
neck to great lengths, as if it were a snake.
In addition, it can also change its face to that of a horrible oni, to scare even more.
During the day they look like normal women, they often go unnoticed and even have deadly
partners.
Some are so used to leading a human life that they try to keep their secret.
It is said that there are some Rokurokubi who don’t know their terrible nature, believing
that they are human, and that their nocturnal transformations are nightmares.
They remember seeing the room or other places from another strange angle thinking that they
are bad dreams, without realizing that their head has really been traveling in search of
victims.
At night they show their supernatural nature.
It is said that this type of yokai attacks in the dark, scares, and not only that, it
also drinks the blood of humans.
In addition, it has been pointed out that they have a strange fascination for drinking
the oil from the lamps.
To hide their yokai status, those with knowledge of their transformation sometimes wear scarves
and turtlenecks to hide their appearance.
According to legend, these creatures die if they don't return to their body before sunrise,
so one way to kill them is to destroy the rest of their body or hide it, so they can't
find it in time.
Did you know this terrible creature from Japanese folklore?