Hasshaku-sama or the Eight Foot Tall Lady or simply the Tall Lady is a japanese urban legend started in the 2000s in Japan and appearing on 2chan in 2008 in a scary story posted there.
Hasshaku-sama is said to have a variety of ages and clothing, but almost always around eight feet (2.4 meters) and very pale skin. She frequents isolated locations and will hunt you down unless you hide in a room with protective talismans to ward her off.
She can mimic people’s voices to lure them towards her and is relentless in her pursuit once she’s targeted you.
Notes
- She’s been compared to Slenderman as they are both tall thin beings who had stories about them circulate online message boards.
- She’s also been compared to Yama-onna (the mountain woman) who is a yokai who stalks people in the rural mountainside. See here.
- The image comes from the horror game Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water where Hasshaku-sama appears as a spirit you can encounter.