might very well be the most disturbing and terrifying yokai in all of japanese mythology their name means starving skeleton but might more accurately be described as giant skeletons 15 times larger than the average man gasha dokoro are abominations created collectively from the bones of warriors who died on the battlefield and were not buried the dead's burning desire for vengeance causes garcia dokoro to roam the landscape at night grabbing lone travellers and biting off their heads to drink their spraying blood worse still they are able to render themselves invisible and are almost completely indestructible they will only stop when their hunger for vengeance is quenched certain shinto charms may slow them down but the only real defense is to run and hide and since they cannot be seen unless they wish it you will only know of a gasha dokoro approaching you if you hear a loud ringing sound on your ear and the sound of its rattling teeth they do not feel pity or remorse and they will not stop until their anger is released then they will crumble into ash and disappear the legends of the starving skeleton date back over one thousand years when a bloody rebellion was led against the nobles by the samurai taira no masakodo for his actions a bounty was placed on masakoto and his head was brought back to the central government of kyoto as proof of his demise masakoto's daughter however was a powerful sorcerer and used the bodies of the fallen to summon gasha dokoro to attack kyoto depicted in the now famous print soma furudairi by uchigawa kuniyoshi the abomination ravaged kyoto until masukaro's head was moved to shibasaki a fishing village that would later become ido and then later what is now tokyo even today the head remains in a shrine across from the imperial palace despite the cost of the land this shrine is maintained to appease his spirit and you can even pay your respects to him yourself should you ever visit tokyo this is day 10 of our october your kind folklore stories check out the rest in this playlist and i'll see you for tomorrow's video