Tokyo: Rumours of alleged sightings of a slit mouth woman in Japan began spreading in 1979 around the Nagasaki Prefecture, it spread throughout Japan and caused panic in many towns.
Locals call this slit mouth woman as Kucki Sake Onna. Police patrols were increased in some places, and some schools began sending children home in groups escorted by teachers after the rumors of her sighting.
Stories say that a Japanese woman with a surgical mask covering the lower half of her face appeared to people at night.
