Noppera-bō

The Noppera-bÅ (㠮㠣㠺ã å Noppera-bÅ ?), or faceless ghost, is a Japanese legendary creature. They are sometimes mistakenly referred to as a mujina, an old Japanese word for a badger or raccoon dog. Although the mujina can assume the form of the other, noppera-bÅ are usually humans. Such creatures were thought to sometimes transform themselves into noppera-bÅ in order to frighten humans. Lafcadio Hearn used the animals' name as the title of his story about faceless monsters, probably resulting in the misused terminology.

Took some artistic license with this one to make it a little more scary :D