Naale Baa is an Indian urban legend involving a malevolent spirit dressed as a bride who manipulates people into letting her inside their homes. But once you open the door? You're toast. The only way to deter Naale Baa is to write her name on your door, so excuse me while I go do that real quick,
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The legend of Teke Teke hails from Japan, and involves the spirit of a young woman who was tragically cut in half during a train accident. Apparently, the top half of Teke Teke's body can be found wandering stations in the eveningsโand legend says she'll cut you in half if you run into her. So yeah, something else to worry about next time you're taking the train home!
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This is one of those stories that gets passed around from friend to friend and is likely very untrue, but here's the deal. Once upon a time, a college student comes home after a party and sees her roommate lying in bed. No bigs / ordinary, so she goes to sleep. But uh, when she wakes up the next morning, she sees that her roommate's throat has been slit and the words "aren't you glad you didn't turn on the light?" are drawn on the wall in blood. Thanks, I hate it!
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This one has been around FOREVER thanks to multiple people telling the same story: they pick up a hitchhiker, everything's normal, and then poof! Said hitchhiker vanishes from the car. Guess the consensus is that ghosts are trolling us? Kinda here for it.
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Yours truly grew up with this particular folktale, which originates in Mexico and is about a mother named Maria (aka La Llorona) who threw her children into a river upon realizing that her husband was unfaithful. She immediately regretted the impulsive act, and so legend says that if you lurk around rivers or arroyos after dark, you might come across her wailing spirit. La Llorona wears a highly haunting all-white lace outfit, and laying eyes on her will bring you death and doom so RUN THE HELL AWAY.
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Hands up if you've ever walked into the bathroom, turned the lights on and off, and chanted "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary" in front of the mirror. Because apparently this is how you summon ya girl Mary! And the good news is that sometimes Mary's nice. The bad news is she often appears as a corpse covered in blood. So yeah.
P.S. If you've ever played Bloody Mary and truly thought you saw her, don't worryโyou were most likely hallucinating, which apparently can happen when you stare into a mirror for too long. The alternative is you're just seeing the spirit of a dead girl. Either way!
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Ah yes, the Chupacabra! 'Tis a legendary cryptid rumored to meander around the Southwest and Puerto Rico. This deranged-looking furry friend is said to drink the blood of goats and other unlucky livestock, and there's no way you want to be caught near one. Apparently, the Chupacabra has been doing his thing since the '90s, when eight sheep were found drained of blood in Puerto Rico. A few months later, a whole SLEW of farm animals were killed, and after that, people all over the world started citing reports of their livestock having two puncture wounds and zero bodily fluids.
There's been a ton of legitimate research about whether or not the Chupacabra is real, and the answer is no-ish. IRL sightings are probably just coyotes with mange, but still. Watch your goats. Especially this goat:
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This is a personal favorite due to how completely messed up it is. Here's the story: a girl and her dog are home alone, so she has her dog sleep under her bed because she's scared. In the middle of the night, the girl wakes up to the sound of creepy dripping coming from the bathroom, so she puts her hand underneath her bed for comfort, and is reassured when her beloved dog licks it. But the next morning, she walks into the bathroom only to find her dog slaughtered and strung up from the shower rod, his blood dripping onto the floor. On the wall, someone has scrawled the message, "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO."
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meet Bunny Man! He's a dude from Virginia who dresses up as a rabbit and murders people with an ax! There's even an entire BRIDGE named after him. Some say Bunny Man is an escaped convict who goes around Virginia skinning rabbits and hanging them on Bunny Man bridge, and rabbit carcasses are said to show up around Halloween, so feel free to visit this October.