and then food. Eating is one of those things you should just be able to do, but for some reason it’s where a significant chunk of my anxiety and insecurity and loathing has chosen to pool itself. And consequently it is a constant effort for me to not behave like a dickhead around it. I’m better with it than I used to be. But it’s hard. This stuff takes a very long time to repair.
My favorite thing is this idea that they somehow are able to silently stalk people despite being almost 100-foot tall skeletons, because no one looks up.
Gashadokuro aka the starving skeletons are the reanimated and combined bones of the victims of starvation. Up to a hundred feet tall, they are heralded by the sound of bells ringing in the ears of their victims. They reach down from above to capture people and bit their heads off. The Gashadokuro haunt the darkness after midnight.
Japanese folklore has a ton of giant skeletons but the Gashadokuro is the coolest + creepiest