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The slit-mouthed woman is a very common urban legend in Japan. It tells the story of a woman who kills people if they give her the wrong answer, or the right one, it doesn't really matter. At the end of  the day, your fate is doomed.  This urban legend tells the story of a woman, commonly named Kuchisake Onna. She is a very beautiful woman, however she wanders the streets and roads of Japan wearing a surgical mask. In most cases, that is not fearful at all, right? Wrong! because the trick comes right after she takes it off. Under that mask, you can see her face, slit from ear to ear like a huge wide smile, in a very creepy way, kind of like the Joker. According to the legend, this woman asks you if she is pretty while still wearing the mask, but before you get the chance to answer, she takes it off and asks "Am I pretty now?". That is when the real trick comes into play, if you answer "No", she will take out a pair of scissors, others say a knife...

Urban myths and legends do not only happen on land; the great depths of the oceans carry far more than those ever known to mankind. One of the most mystic and bizarre urban legends is one about a  Ningen, a sea creature that, given its description, looks like humans. This mythical creature first made appearance in the 1990s, in Japan, when an individual of a "government whale research vessel" posted about it. According to the research, this creature rose up from the depths of the ocean at night for very few moments then submerged again.  The description of it goes something like this: 20-30 meters long, half human-like half mermaid-like creature, with legs and hands that have all five fingers. Also, very smooth skin.   In addition, according to the Japanese people, who are pretty much sure about seeing it, it  only appears at night specifically at 3 a.m. then disappears again, which makes it even harder to capture images of it. After that articl...