The Legend of Teke Teke

So tonight, I have a great story to tell you It sort of reminds me of when I was a kid. I used to go camping with my family once a year out in Western Massachusetts and we would and sit around a campfire just like this and my parents would tell me and my sister's ghost stories. And it was sort of Unclear how true the stories really were, but they were always terrifying And this story that I'm going to share with you tonight is from Japan. And it happened about fifty years ago And over the last fifty years, it's been shared many, many times and there are many versions of the story. so it's sort of up to you. figure out how much you really believe is true here But it is a genuinely frightening story Also, according to some versions of the story, Once you hear it You only have three days left to live unless you follow really specific instructions which shallll give you Before we get into tonight's campfire story. 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When convicted murderer Max Katie is released from prison, he begins infiltrating the family of the married attorneys who helped put him behind bars. Late on a winter night in the nineteen seventies A middle aged trained driver named Takashi Ito, along with his assistant, We're sitting in the front seat of a small cargo train that was hurtling along the tracks Kaido, Japan So this was just a two car train. There was a cargo train in back and then there was the front train You know, Takashi and his system were in. there were no passengers behind them. So it's just these two And the area that they were driving through was this very desolate area. And basically outside, if they looked out their windshield, all they would have seen was just basically snow and ice and just pitch black darkness and the train's headlights pointing straight ahead. That would have been all they could see was whatever, was in the headlights. And as they were driving along, you, they had shut all the windows to the car that they were in, but it was so cold outside and the wind was whipping and there you know they're driving right into the wind that some of the cold air was coming in one of the windows. And you know, it's freezing cold out there. It was starting to get really cold inside the cabin And so, you know, both men are starting to shiver And so at some point, Kakashi turns to his assistant and he just tells him to, hey, go ahead and open up the heating vent on the floor. So there was just this little vent that you could open up that would basically expose the engine. to the main cabin and so some heat would come up from the engine but it would get really hot really quickly. and so you couldn't do it for very long. but It was getting pretty cold. So the situation called for it. And so Takashi sort of had one eye half focused out the windshield, sort of roughly following along with the direction they were going. And then the rest of his attention was just on his assistant who was doing this mundane task of crouching down and sliding open this vent here And at some point, you know, the assistant managed to open up the heating box and right as he did Something caught Takashi's eye outside of the train Now remember it's the middle of the night, it's the dead of winter. There's really nothing out there. And even though, of course, it's Takashi's job to pay attention to what's out in front of them There's no expectation he's going to see anything on the tracks at all. until he gets to the next stop, which was quite a ways away And so the fact that anything caught his attention was alarming and he turns and he looks out the windshield And he can't believe what he sees right in the middle of the tracks several dozen yards ahead of the speeding train. is a woman. She's just standing in the middle of the tracks looking up at the train And doesn't even appear to be trying to move, but she clearly sees the train barreling down on her. She looks terrified and Takashi and the assistant, they look at each other, they start trying to get the train to stop, but there's no way the train's going way too fast. It's way too heavy. And so it's like they throw the brakes on, they're trying to stop, but there's nothing they can do. and this woman, she's just not moving And then eventually the train smashes into her and like Takashi and the assistant are like, oh my God, I can't believe it. And the train it eventually comes to a grinding stop, you know, several hundred yards away finally, when it's actually stopped, It's like Takosi the assistant. they know what's happened. They just they've just killed someone I mean, it's clearly an accident, but The shock of this was unbelievable. And so finally, you know, Takashi, he looks at the assistant and he's like, we have to go out. and see if she's okay. I mean, they both knew there was there was no chance. Like there's no chance she's alive after being hit by the train. Out they go, and sort of apprehensively they begin walking in the snow towards the back of the train Neither of them had a lighting source. They didn't have a flashlight or anything like that And they're going towards the back of the train. so they don't have the advantage of the headlights shining where they need to go. All they have are the tail lightights of the train, which are now flashing red And so as they're walking through the snow and the wind is whipping and it it's pitch black out there. And of course, these two men, they're in shock about what they've just seen. They can't believe like what was she doing out here? Like what happened They're walking and all they're seeing out in front of them is darkness and the occasional you flash of red light that sort of roughly illuminated the snow out beyond the train and then back to darkness. And they know somewhere out there behind the train is this woman almost certainly is dead So it means that there's like a dead body out And so Takashi and the assistant, they They start making their way back towards the back of a cargo train then they begin walking beyond where the train was, basically along the tracks they' just covered. and sure enough, up ahead, periodically illuminated by these red lights wasas this you know mound on the tracks. It looked very much like a body And sure enough as Takashi got closer He realized it was. it was the woman And almost immediately he could tell one, She was definitely dead. And in some ways, you know, he kind of hoped Maybe, you know, there was some miracle that she hadd survived somehow, you know, maybe defeinitely confirm that she's dead. And the second thing was he could sort of see what happened here appeared to be wedged in the tracks She must have been stuck in the tracks, and even though it looked like she wasn't trying to move, it might have been because she literally couldn't. And so she was trapped and we hit her and we killed her. That wasn't all. I mean, this scene was horrible. I mean, her body was destroyed But more than that Part of her body was missing All they saw on the tracks were actually Just her legs It was just her lower half and she had these lace up dance shoes that would have been very difficult to take off. you know, the dance shoes sort of gave away that This was the woman. you know, they look like feminine legs, feminine feet But again, her upper half is just And so Takashi and the assistant They sort of look around in the general vicinity to see if You know, her upper half is nearby Again, all they have is this periodic red flashing light across the snow ands it's dark, it's cold, the wind is whipping and sure enough, just a little ways off the tracks They see another sort of heap on the ground. and there's nothing else out here. so This has got to be the woman's upper body And so they cross over the tracks, they leave behind the lower half And they see there's a trail of blood across the snow And when they get to this this second mound, it is this woman's upper body, but I mean, the scene, it would have been horrible for anyone to find this, but it was especially so because as they walked up to this woman's clearly you, dead upper half She was looking right at them H arms were outstretched and her eyes were open And her torso, it's positioned in such a way that she was almost like staring at walk up to her in her face Takashi would say that It was almost like she was looking at him with a with an accusatory look. like she was mad at him for not having stopped the train. Couldn't you see I was trapped on the train? Like that's what Takashi's thinking. Like this dead woman is mad at me. She looks like she's furious with me. And so, you know, it was very hard, but they they continued walking towards her to, you know, just really confirm that she's definitely dead. This is not this is not like a second person here, but no Clearly, just the upper half of this woman and she was definitely dead and despite the very unsettling nature of the way her body was positioned Ultimately, Takashi and the assistant you know, just turned around and began walking back towards the train Now this is nineteen seventies, Japan. they don't have cell phones. In fact, they didn't even have radios. like they didn't have a good way to get in touch with anyone. clearly knew they needed to tell authorities what happened here, but Realistically the only way to do that was to go to the train, and then one of them would have to basically walk to the nearest civilization and get help that way. Well the other person stayed with the train and also with with the woman And so the two of them, they get back to the train, they get inside of that front car, inside of the enclosed warm space and they shut the doors They sort of just look at each other like, okay, you know, this is obviously horrible, but like, what are we going to do And Takashi being the more senior of the two, said, Well, look, I will I'll stay here with the train You, the assistant, G out and get help. You know, I'll be here when you come back. 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And that means you'll find more peace of mind with them Relieve your insuranooyia with NjM insurance by visiting njM. com for a quote today of the assistant, as much as it was sort of daunting to have to walk off into the darkness and the freezing cold It almost was like a relief to get away from the scene. I mean, this was truly horrific And so Takashi watched as the assistant bundled up in his jacket and he headed out the side of the car door, and then off into the darkness he went And then Takashi was left alone inside of the train with, you know, this woman's body behind them on the tracks. And so shortly after the assistant had gone Takashi, you know, he's just sitting inside of this unoving train car And remember, they had that heating vent open, and even though the train was not moving, there was still quite a bit of heat that was coming up into the cabin And so it was actually getting quite toasty inside of this train car Takashi is literally just not moving. He's just sitting there waiting, you know, just trying not to let his mind wander to this horrible thing that's happened behind him And he found himself actually feeling kind of tired. I mean, he had had a really long day. I mean, he'd been up for nearly twenty four hours at this point And so suddenly, he was like, manan, maybe I ought to just lay down close my eyes for a minute, because obviously when they come back here, they'll wake me up like And so Takashi did eventually get down on the ground right next to that vent. So he was really getting the maximum amount of heat And he curled up and he closed his eyes. prettyt much immediately once Takashi closed his eyes and effectively attempted to sleep All he could see in his mind wasas that woman standing on the tracks looking up at him before she was struck by the train. And then he would try to you force himself not to think about that, you know, telling himself it really was an accident. He could not have stopped the train. And also, they rounded a corner before they saw her. It wasn't like they could have seen her if they hadn't been fiddling around with the heating vent beforehand. They wouldn't have seen her. They had to turn that corner And then they saw her, like there was no way to avoid this. This was an accident But it's like he couldn't get that image of the woman out of his mind. And then if he managed not to think about her on the tracks, his mind would then jump to seeing her upper half positioned on the snow with her eyes still open, looking at him with this, you know, in his mind, this sort of accusatory look on her face. and so he can't sleep But like he's so exhausted from the day and he's just so worn out, it's so traumatic that eventually after you, ten minutes or so He did begin to feel himself sort of allowing himself to drift off to sleep. like he did have these horrible thoughts, but he felt himself getting closer to finally being able to get a little bit of sleep. Right at that point, right as he's teetering on actually sleeping He hears something outside Remember, it's late at night, The wind is whpping, you know, it's the middle of winter. And so there had been this ongoing ambiance of the howling wind and like nighttime winter sounds outside. There are animals out there. I mean, there's lots of noises going on here Whatever the sound was, he just couldn't quite place it. It almost sounded like metallic, like something was scraping against something else. Like maybe two pieces of metal were grinding together, like sh But again, he couldn't quite tell what it was, how far away it was, but it really stood out right away amongst all the other noises he was hearing. And so we just he's laying there on the ground and he's listening to the sound. He can't quite place how close or far away it is. You know For all he knows, it could be way off in the distance or it could be right in the cargo train behind him And so as he hears this sound, which is sort of periodic He tells himself like, o Maybe it's maybe it's my assistant. Maybe he's back with help. You know, mayaybe they've Maybe he found someone really quickly, you know, because it's only been like ten minutes since he left then he's thinking like there's no way. Like I know we're sort of in the middle of nowhere. We're in this really desolate part of Japan Like there's no way he would have just magically found help that quickly. So it can't be my assistant Unless maybe he's turned around for some reason, but You know, why would he do that And so we sort of picturing like, What were the reasons that it could be the assistant? And as he's doing that The sound is getting louder And it's definitely getting closer. And the sound is, again, it's like a It's like a grinding sort of like movement almost, like something's coming towards him. And he can tell now that the sound, whatever it is, is definitely near like the cargo train. it's right behind where he is. And the way he's laying, his head is towards the front of the train, so his feet are close to the door, the door that led out into the open, and then would eventually lead you to the cargo train behind And so we started to get sort of apprehensive like what is that? Is it like a animal like could it be the wind? Is it like somehow whipping against the train in some way that it's making this strange sound? And all the while The grinding sort of like rhythmic sound is getting louder and louder and sort of faster and faster. And then finally, as the sound is so loud that it's practically echoing inside of this room he's in He hears the door to where he is sllide open And he looks to see what is coming into the train When he sees what it is He starts to screw About an hour later, Takashi's assistant who had managed to go get help was in the back seat of a police cruiser along with two police officers who were driving in the direction of this train. There was actually a road that kind of cut out into this sort of desolate area overlooked the train tracks, and sure enough, they pulled into this this sort of carve out on the road and the assistant pointed and there it was. There was the train sort of off in the distance, sort of walking distance from where the car was. And so the cops they parked And all three of them, they get out and the police officers, they had flashlights. And so it was much easier to navigate the sort of barren terrain here And they walked away from the car down to the train Remember Obviously, there has been a tragedy here. You know, This woman was struck by the train. and of course the police know this by this point and the assistant knows that's what they're walking up to. you know the scene of this woman being killed There really wasn't anything you know, sort of Darker than that. Like this was a terrible accident It's sort of like, we just got to follow protocol now. We got to go down there. We got to figure out what happened and sort of you know, follow process, if you will. And so the three of them They know what they're walking into, right. They're going to meet Takashi. he's waiting in the train. and they're going to take it from there. And so They're walking through the darkness and they're shining their lights and the assistant is behind the two police officers and they' walking up to the train. and when they get close enough to the train The assistant begins yelling out for Takashi to let him know like, hey, we're here, you know, we're here. Like come on out Takashi doesn't call back. doesn't he doesn't come out of the train But again, this is not like hugely alarming You know, the assistant's like, okay, you know, maybe he's just maybe he fell asleep inside of the the train car And so the two police officers and the assistant, they make their way over to the door that leads into the front car of the train, and they slide it open and they step inside. It's a very small space. and you know, Takashi's not in there And there's no sign of anything bad that's happened. He's just not in here And so the assistant's like, o, that's weird. You know, it's sort of odd that he didn't respond to us calling for him He's not in here, but you know, maybe he's in the cargo train you know, the second car for some reason. And so they leave the front train car and they go into the cargo train car and Takashi's not in there either And so at this point, the cops or looking at the assistant like, what's going on here? Where would Takashi be It's the middle of the night. Like it's just pure barren wasteland. It's ice and snow everywhere. Why would he leave? And so the assistant's like, you know, maybe maybe he left and he's with the body. you know, Mbe he was just standing with the body or something And so the two police officers and the assistant, they begin walking towards the back of the train and then begin following the tracks towards where you the lower half of this woman is, according to the assistant. so down the tracks they go, and sure enough, eventually they see up ahead the legs, the legs that are sort of still stuck in the tracks As they're shining the light and they're calling out for Takashi, there's no answer and Takashi is nowhere to be found And so now the assistant's really getting worried, like it didn't make any sense. Where could he have gone? The only other place that made any sense was maybe over near the torso The assistant knows like of all places that at least he would want to be, it would not be near the upper half. I mean, that was so creepy the way the body was positioned, the way it was it was staring at them. and he knew Takashi had been really unsettled by it. So why would he go over to that buddy told the cops, like, hey, shine the light sort of over there off the tracks because the upper half of this woman, that's where she is.be mayaybe he's over there And so they shine their lights in the direction of where the upper half was. there's There's no Takashi. and there's no upper half There is no torso. The woman's torso is gone. And where it was very clearly is this huge sort of like flattened section of snow with blood everywhere and it's like this just horrible scene, but there's There's no upper body. So Takashi's gone And this woman's body, her upper half anyways, is gone And so now like the assistant and the officers, they really don't know what to make of this. But the first thought, at least from the assistant was Mbe a bear came through and was, you know, basically taking a woman's body to go eat it or something and maybe Takashi was out here and maybe he got chased off by the bear or worse, maybe he got attacked by the bear And this sort of made sense, like, oh my God, like Is there a bear nearby? Like do we need to go in the train just to seek safety here And so the police officers they are sort of scanning their lights around, trying to see if maybe Dakashi's nearby. And at some point they notice there's actually bootprints. that leave where the torso had been. and they sort of took off into the night, sort of away from the train, sort of off into the distance Now there didn't appear to be any bear tracks around, but again, they're thinking that's what it could be, but they see these bootprints and they're like, we gott to go check, we gott to see if maybe these prints will lead us to Takashi. And so Takashi and the two officers, they begin following these tracks and as they do, they see the prints, these bootprints get farther and farther apart, like Takashi was running, like a stride was getting longer and longer and there's blood everywhere Like this drag mark of blood all over the snow And they follow these prints all the way past the train, way off into the night where they finally stop in front of this huge utility pole At this point they're looking around like like where's Takashi? Like where did he go? Like there's nothing down here And then at some point they hear something above them And so the police officers with their flashlights, they shine up towards the top of this utility pole where at the top, there was this fairly large metal platform. As they shine their lights up They see Takashi. And he's draped over the edge of this platform, totally lifeless. His arms are dangling down. and he's got this horrible huge wound across his stomach. He's bled all over. He's clearly deceased. And so they're shining their lights up at him and like the shock of seeing Takashi is is horrible. They back up. They're like, oh my go, is there a bear here? Did the bear somehow get up there with Takashi? Like what's what's making that noise up there? And they're shining their lights and at some point they hear a noise again And then as their lights are aimed towards Takashi and this platform, figure sort of emerges above Takashi, like it crawled over Takashi here down twowo cops and the assistant And it was the woman's torso. It's like her upper half. She sort of looked down at them, blood's all over her and she's sort of clutching on to Takashi