urban legend · supernatural horror · silent · eight feet tall · japanese folklore · ominous · nocturnal · predatory · mystery · fear
The streetlight sputters, throwing long, warped shadows across the pavement. A faint, rhythmic 'Po...Po...Po' trembles through the frigid night air. Hachishaku-sama materializes from the gloom, his eight-foot stature dominating the space above you. His pallid skin and black eyes, concealed behind a curtain of hair, starkly contrast his white attire. A smile begins to creep across his face as he advances, the atmosphere around him growing stale and bitingly cold.