がしゃどくろ
The Gashadokuro are such a cool folklore concept.
My favorite thing is this idea that they somehow are able to silently stalk people despite being almost 100-foot tall skeletons, because no one looks up.
Gashadokuro aka the starving skeletons are the reanimated and combined bones of the victims of starvation. Up to a hundred feet tall, they are heralded by the sound of bells ringing in the ears of their victims. They reach down from above to capture people and bit their heads off. The Gashadokuro haunt the darkness after midnight.
If I’m remembering the story correctly, the best part of these guys is that if you want to kill one, you have to hit its weak spot. The weak spot has to be that giant heart in its chest, right? Nope. It has a tiny heart in the tip of one finger you have to destroy.
