The Okiku Doll: Japan's Haunted Doll With Hair That Actually Grows

[0:00]If a doll's hair keeps growing, don't cut it, burn the doll. A museum curator named Ayaka was organizing donations, when she received an old Japanese doll. Traditional kimono, pale porcelain face, short black hair in a bob cut, the note said, "Okiku doll - hair grows on its own." Ayaka laughed it off, "Superstition." She placed it on a shelf. A week later, the hair was longer, touching the doll's shoulders. She measured it, took photos. A month later, the hair reached the doll's waist. "Impossible!" One night, she heard giggling in the storage room. She found the doll, sitting upright, hair now touching the floor. The doll's eyes were open, staring at her. Ayaka remembered reading about Okiku. The doll contains a child's spirit. If you reject her, she follows you home. "I'm sorry, Okiku, you can stay here." She bowed respectfully. The doll's eyes closed. But the next morning, Ayaka found a strand of long black hair on her own pillow. And in the mirror, her reflection smiled, but she hadn't moved her mouth. To stay safe with antique dolls, like, share and subscribe and leave a doll in the comments.