He is said to spook inhabited households during the night, running around and continuously chanting: "Kararin, kororin, kankororin, managu mittsu ni ha ninmai!"
[1][2] Design model of the Bakezōri may have been Zōri, traditional sandals made of braided rice straw.
[1][2] The being Bakezōri belongs to a special group of Yōkai, called Tsukumogami (付喪神; "artifact-demons"): According to Japanese folklore, households are like repair tools, kitchen appliances and even clothes of any kind which eventually come to life and receive their own consciousness when ignored or neglected for a long time (mostly after 100 years).
Bakezōri are said to be normally harmless to humans, but they can start to rip or pester them.
Most Bakezōri group up with other animated household stuff or clothes, or they simply leave home and run away.