Hachishakusama: Origin, Meaning, Story & the Eight-Foot Woman Hachishakusama: What Is the Eight-Foot Woman? Hachishakusama (八尺様) is a modern Japanese internet horror legend about an extraordinarily tall woman associated with a strange repeated “po po po” sound, a rural family setting, and a supernatural threat toward younger people. Unlike older Japanese supernatural traditions with centuries of documented history, the recognizable Hachishakusama story has a comparatively recent and traceable online origin. The legend is generally traced to a August 26, 2008 post on the 2channel Occult Board, in the thread Shinu Hodo Share ni Naranai Kowai Hanashi o Atsumete Minai? 196. A preserved reproduction of the Japanese text records the same…