Teke-Teke (or Tek-Tek) is a scary Japanese urban legend about a girl who fell under a train and was cut in half. She took a long time to die and now her ghost roams through Japan, dragging her top half along using her claw-like hands. Every time she moves, she makes a “teke-teke” sound.
There is a story about a young boy who was leaving his school one evening when he heard a noise behind him. Looking back, he saw a beautiful girl sitting at a window. The girl had her arms propped up on the window sill and was just staring out at him. He wondered why she was there, because it was an all-boys school.
When she saw him looking back at her, the girl smiled and hugged herself so that she was holding her elbows. Then suddenly, she leaped out of the window and landed on the ground outside. The boy realized with horror, that she was missing the lower half of her body.
She made her way towards him, clawing along the ground and running on her elbows making a teke-teke-teke-teke-teke sound. The boy was filled with terror and revulsion. He tried to run, but he was frozen to the spot. Within seconds, she was upon him and she took out a scythe and cut him in half, making him into one of her own.
When kids tell this story, they warn each other about Teke-Teke. They say she carries a sharp saw or a scythe, and if she catches you, she’ll cut you in half and you’ll become just like her. She is said to chase children who play at dusk. She is also known as “bata-bata” (again, the sound of it running on its elbows) or “The Girl That Runs On Her Elbows.”
It is also similar to the story of Kuchisake-Onna (the Slit-Mouth Woman) and the story of Kashima Reiko. The American version is called Click Clack.
lol i remember i read this story like two years ago and i went and slept on the floorin my parents room cuz i was so scared well im almost under the bed so im like sittin awake like ok if this thingy shows up step on her head but she could also come from
underneath the bed and i remember the air conditioner kicked on and it was makin a weird noise lik teck, teck, teck and im like NOOOOOO!!!!! and i started screaming and im
runnin out of there but then i fell on my face and my parents are like gi wtf r u doin nd i just scrambled up to my feet and screamed nd ran out
hahaha good times good times
I was so scared. I was trying to get up to get a pop,and i couldnt b/c i was to scared after i read this story. I had to use and i just held it in till’ the morining time.
i read the one on kashima reiko and i couldn’t sleep at all i like this one but kashima reiko is more scarier and will someone put warnings on things like this it’s very creepy
I have read this sooo many times but my friend wanted to read it for herself so this is what she said.
omg thats creepy but cool i love scary movies stories and other the movie the ring is the best !!!
i swear i saw the picture move o.0
ok…….
why are all the ghosts in japan so vengeful? :P
thats weird.
now when am walking alone to my house i always turned back to make sure no one is behind me.
i also get freak out when the alarm goes on
wtf veryy weird
maybe she get’s it out of nowhere w8 wat? ok i don’t know
wow realey cool and creepy
creepy and for the click clack story i’v heard tones of different versions
I heard a diffent version of the Tek-Tek story.
Where could she carry a scythe?
Also @ that Click Clack story, how would you let a dude with no legs kill you? I mean really.
THATS FREAKY AND WHAT MOTHER DOES THAT? WAIT FOR HER LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND HER FRIEND NOT AH GOOD ONE !!
:/
Both Tek-Tek and Click-Clack are very simmilar, and very creepy! Although Tek-Tek’s way of killing is a bit more gory, that is, if she does kill her victims.. *shudder*
isn’t there also a version called “click click scratch” ?
creepy why didnt he run ?? also where did the scythe come from ?? wouldnt he have noticed that ??
If you didn’t have a bottom half how would you… you know do business b/c it does say that you become one of her and she’s alive.
the american version is click clack
Scary, very good story.
ill admit it is a legend but i never want to go n live in japan ever!!!!!!
mood:scared!!!D:
this such a good legend, i never herd anything like it.
there is a ledgend like this in scotland but its called click click drag becuz thats the noise it makes.
ps its got long nails(the click click is it putting its hands down, and drag is the dragging cos it has no legs)
oh that is scary but i don’t understand why she has to go and kill more people. well it is just a legend…