#okiku doll

[sats4w]

"It always chases and weighs me down"

"それはいつも私を悩ませ、重くのしかかっていた。"

[strange-doll-child]

Haunted Dolls(The Real Ones)

-Raggedy Ann: The REAL Annabelle doll. Can be found in The Warrens Occult Museum.

-Robert the Doll: One of the oldest dolls on this list, being over 100 years old. Can be found at The East Martello Museum.

-Okiku: Another old doll, she has not been accused of deaths or harm as her hair only grows and her face slightly changes. She can be found in Mannenji Temple.

-Mandy the Haunted Doll: She must be isolated from the others as she is known to push other dolls over and steal people's lunches. She was given to a museum as her original owner says she cried too much. She can be found in the Quesnel Museum.

-Ruby the Haunted Doll: She loves to change where she sits. But if you try and move her for her you’ll feel extremely sad and nausea will hit you. She can be found in The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal and Occult.

-Charley the Haunted Doll: They’ve had it rough for a few days, being locked in some random person’s trunk. But they are known to swap places with other toys, you can find them at the Local Artisan.

-Letta the Haunted Doll: Her (nick)name is ‘Letta Me Out’ and she is about the size of a child and is older than Robert being about 200 years old. Her original owner tried to get rid of her after she caused trouble, but she would not leave his car. She is owned by Kerry Warwick in Queensland.

-Ted the Haunted Clown Doll: He is said to be haunted by his owner, and his new owner would say that crying was heard and that it moved, about three feet from where it originally was. Ted’s shoes were worn out and some pictures of him have strange energy around it.

[cryptids-of-the-world]

The Okiku Doll is a haunted doll found in Sapporo Japan. The legend of Okiku is that a 17 year old boy named Eikichi Suzuki bought the doll for his 2 year old sister named Okiku in 1918 and the 2 instantly became inseparable. However a year later when Okiku was 3 she passed away due to a fever and the doll was never buried with her instead the doll was put on the family’s altar to remember their daughter. Eventually the family realized that the doll’s hair was growing and they believed that the soul of their daughter was inhabiting the doll. The family gave the doll to a temple where the monks did indeed see the hair grow. A sample of the hair was sent to a lab and it was determined to belong to a child. The Okiku Doll still remains in the shrine to this very day.

[murumokirby360]

Most HAUNTED Doll in Japan: Hair NEVER STOPS GROWING

[its-spooky-bitch]

The Okiku Doll, is a haunted doll from Hokkaido Japan. The doll was bought in 1918 by a boy, as a present for his sister, who was named Okiku. Okiku died of an illness, and the family put the doll in a shrine to honor her. The doll originally had a bob haircut, but over the years it's hair would mysteriously grow. Many believe the doll is possessed by the spirit of the little girl. The hair taken from the doll was tested, and turned out to be human hair. No one knows why it's hair keeps growing, even after it had been cut.

[strange-doll-child]

Here, I made a drawing of the Okiku Doll. I failed miserably drawing her face. The Stock Images Are Back

[artbyunsatisfiedhuman]

Inktober 15 Legend

Okiku, the japanese doll with hair that grows! I had a lot of fun with this one, especially trying to make the hair as wispy as it looks on the actual doll.

I suppose not really a “legend” more of a myth? But again, the difference is negligible.

[myhauntedsalem]

The Haunted Doll of Hokkaido, Whose Hair Won’t Stop Growing

There’s just something creepy about dolls, and while there is a long and substantiated history of cursed or haunted dolls throughout the world, perhaps one of the weirdest tales is the bizarre little doll that is believed to house the restless spirit of a young girl and sports hair that keeps growing.

The story begins in 1918, when Eikichi Suzuki bought a doll for his baby sister, Okiku. Clothed in a kimono with a traditional black bob, Okiku loved her doll so much she named it after herself and the two became inseparable until tragedy struck the following year when Okiku fell gravely ill. The girl soon died from complications of severe influenza and fever, and the mourning family placed her beloved doll in a family altar in memory of their daughter.

Soon the family noticed something odd about the doll: its hair was growing. The short, neat bob soon became a long, shaggy mess that would grow to the doll’s knees. The family cut the hair, but it always grew back, stopping just at the knees. The family came to believe that Okiku’s spirit now lived in her doll.

When the family moved in 1938, they were wary of taking the doll with them. Though the doll had never shown any malevolent tendencies, it made them nervous. But if their daughter’s spirit really did live within the doll, they certainly didn’t want to just throw it away. Instead, they gave it to the Mannenji temple, who took it even after being told about the hair. The doll’s hair continued to grow in the hands of the monks and trimming it became a regular chore among the order.

It is unclear what is going on with the growing hair of the Okiku doll. No one has really been able to explain how it has kept growing continuously for the better part of a century. Is this a truly supernatural phenomenon or some sort of hoax? Samples of the Okiku’s doll have been taken and analyzed in the past and it was determined that the hair was indeed human, but this does not necessarily point to a supernatural origin. What is going on with this doll? Is this some sort of trick or are there paranormal forces we don’t understand compelling its hair to perpetually grow?

For now, the Okiku doll continues to stand in its box as it always has at the at Mannenji temple, wearing its kimono, staring out from its box as its hair continues to grow.