Rokuro-Kubi Area(s) reported: Asia:Japan Date(s) reported: 1500 to 1600 (?) "A strange tale was once told in Japan of a woman whose head tended to wander around her house on a pencil-thin neck when she was sleeping. Though only reportedly seen once, the image of the Rokuro-Kubi ('crazy twisting neck') has become one of the most readily recognized monsters in Japanese pop culture." This monster's full article is in Monsters Here & There, Vol. 1