The Teke Teke and 8 Foot Tall Woman
Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths
Tyler and Charlie
4.7 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we explore two fascinating Japanese Yokai legends: the Teke Teke and the Hachishakusama (Eight-Foot-Tall Woman).
The Teke Teke is the vengeful spirit of a schoolgirl who was bullied, fell onto train tracks, and was cut in half by a train. Now she drags her torso around with her spine exposed, making a distinctive "teke teke" sound with her claw-like fingers, asking victims where her legs are.
Only a specific answer will save you from being torn apart.
We also discuss the frightening Hachishakusama, an eight-foot-tall woman in white who haunts children, making a deep "po po po" sound before taking them away forever. Unlike many other Yokai, she's not bound to a specific location, making her particularly dangerous.
We share a detailed encounter story that illustrates the elaborate protective measures Japanese families might take to shield children who have been "liked" by this entity, including the use of religious artifacts and specific rituals to confuse and evade her.
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Episode Keywords: Yokai, Japanese folklore, ghost stories, urban legends, Teke Teke, Hachishakusama, vengeful spirits, supernatural entities, eight-foot-tall woman, horror, paranormal, Japanese mythology, spirit encounters, haunting, creepypasta inspiration, bullying consequences, train accidents, Japanese superstitions, protective rituals, religious artifacts, childhood fears, vengeful ghosts, supernatural threats, Japanese horror, spiritual beliefs, cultural legends
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| 0:00.0 | What would drive you to complete vengeance? |
| 0:03.6 | Is there a creature that stalks and hunts children in Japan? |
| 0:08.1 | Have you ever had this fortune of hearing the infamous poe, poe, poe? |
| 0:13.0 | Today we test the believability of the teke teke and the eight-foot woman. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah. 8-foot woman. Welcome to Believing the Bizarre, where we dive into the unknown and the unusual. |
| 0:47.7 | And tell you whether or not we find it believable. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome back. |
| 0:49.7 | Happy Tuesday, everybody. |
| 0:52.2 | This is very unusual. |
| 0:54.5 | I say, this is believing the bizarre. This is very unusual. I say, this is believing the bizarre. |
| 0:58.1 | This is a podcast. |
| 1:03.8 | I was telling you before we started this, that, dude, this episode is so popular. |
| 1:05.7 | We're not even able to rank on this. |
| 1:09.7 | And when I went home that night, I said, fuck that. |
| 1:10.4 | He said, nay. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm a pivot. Like a horse. And I did a, I did pivot, pivot. And I found myself in Japan. Okay. Yeah. You, that's not unusual for you. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, no. I was like, I mean, he's never been, but he wants to be so badly. I do find myself there |
| 1:24.6 | in my mind, sometimes on Google in Japan. And these are two |
| 1:28.7 | wonderful and unique stories from the beautiful country of Japan. Before we get to these |
| 1:34.5 | stories that are, I'm going to say it again, very unique. We do have to think our newest |
| 1:39.2 | patron member, and that is Antonio. Thank you so much for joining. And also I want to shout at Joshua, who was messaging us about some things because he was a little |
| 1:47.2 | confused. |
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