Konaki-Jiji

In Japanese Folklore, Konaki-Jiji is creature that has the body of a baby with the head of an old man. It is said that it lies on the side of the road crying, waiting for a kind-hearted traveler to pick it up. Once the Konaki-Jiji is picked up, it turns into a heavy stone that crushes the victim to death.

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