My grandparents lived in a small village in japan. Every summer my parents would take me there on holidays to visit them. The last time i saw them was the summer when i was 8-years old. my grandparents where inside the house and I was playing by myself outside  in the back yard. I heard a strange sound like a grunt it repeated itself. i didint know what it was and it was hard to figure out where it was coming from  i was looking around searching for the source of the noise when i noticed something on the tall hedges that inclose the backyard. It was a straw hat it wasint resting on the hedge it was behind it. i thought to myself ´´thats where the sound is coming from´´ then the hat began to move it stopped in a small gap in the hedge and i could see a face peering threw. It was a woman!...but the hedges were high almost eight feet tall I was suprised on how tall the woman was i was wondering if she was wearing stilts or some high heeled shoes. Then a split second later she walked off and the nois dissapeared with her. fading into the distance. Comfused i stood up and ran back into the house. My grandparents were in the kitchen drinking tea I sat down at the table and told my grandparents what i have seen  they weren´t really paying attention to me until i  mentioned that distinctive sound (grunt) (grunt) they both froze  grandmas eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth with her hand. grandpas face became  very seriouse and he grabbed me by the arm  ´´this is very inportant´´ he said very intensly ´´how tall was she?!´´ as tall as the garden hedge ´´where was she standing? when did this happen! what did you do?!! did she see you!? I tried to answer all his questions as best as i could he rushed out of the hallway and made a phone call. i couldint hear what he was saying but after  he hung up he walked out the door.  ´´grandma,whats going on?´´ ´´there is something dangerous  ubducting children in this area  she said´´. we call it Hachishakusama. it takes on the apperance of a exstremely tall woman  and makes a noise (grunt) (grunt)  in a deep voice.  a long time ago it was captured by munks and they manadged  to confine it in a ruin building  on the outskirt of the villadge  they trapped it by using four gizo small religios statues  that they placed on the north,south,east,and west of the ruins  so that it could not escape  but somehow  it did. the last time it appeared  was 15 years ago. my grandmother said  anyone who saw it was destined to die within a few days. It all sounded all crazy i wasint sure what to beleive just then my grandpa came back but with a old woman  who called herself cason  they took me upstairs to my bedroom and began covering the windows  with newspaper  with anciant ruins writen all over them. cason placed small bowls in all four corners of the room and a small buta figure in the center ´´soon the sun will be setting so listen carefully YOU MUST stay in this room until 7:30 tommorow morning.  DO NOT open this door for any reason´´ she placed a bucket  in my hands. ´´not to even use the restroom´´ my parents and cason left the room and i locked the door  write after them. Icouldint beleive what was happening....was i really going to die in a few days? I turned on the tv to take my mind off everything  and eventually fell asleep. i was awaken around 1AM  by a tapping sound  on the window  ....its probably a tree or something i told myself. Then came a knock on the door and i heard my grandpas voice ´´are you ok in there? if your scared i can keep you company´´ hearing his voice was such a releif and without thinking i rushed  over to the door  but something didint feel right. i looked at the bowls of salt in the room  all for of them had turned black.  then i heared the sound again (grunt) (grunt)  the tapping on the window continued  i knelt infront of the buta and began to pray.  i was so terrified  and cought up in my chanting  that i didint realize the sounds had stopped. i cheked my watch. It was 7:30AM! carefully i opened the door and ran to my grandparents .we all got in a van and headed straight for the airport apperantly there were others who had a simaler escape the grasp of Hacishakusama. as long as they never stepped foot in japan again.