Man under the bed. ( Shita Otoko )

It is a Japanese urban legend but there are similar type of stories around the world.
It is considered that it originated in US.
In Japan, this kind of stories are called "Shita Otoko", it means "Under man".
Usually the shady man in this stories hides under the bed.
Now, "Shita Otoko" is still dreaded in Japan.
I will translate the most typical one.

Kunekune

Kunekune is a kind of Japanese monster (Yokai). It was found 2000.
Since then, several reports of sighting of Kunekune have come on the Web.
It is said that the people who see through Kunekune go mad.

"Kunekune"is a Japanese imitative word. It means in Japanese "moving windingly"

I translated the first report of Kunekune.

The hungry Mary.

A devout boy went attend church. Then, the statue of Mary in this church claimed him that she was starving.
Since then, the boy had brought her food every day, and Mary had eaten them ravenously.

After a time, she became chubby. People laughed her that she looks got pregnant.

One day, when the boy gave her food as usual, Mary said.
"You are very good boy. I will take you to Heaven."

The boy was so glad that he hugged her.

Suddenly, the statue of Mary fell over with a crash.
The boy died in a stampede.

The minister broke her stomach with the axe, a lot of bowels run out with awful stench.



Original post (Japanese) : "腹減るマリア像 Hara heru Mary zou" Feb. 8. 2006

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