Kunekune (urban legend)

First mentioned on websites in 2001, the Kunekune is typically described as having a slender, white, paper - or fabric-like humanoid shape, and is usually said to appear in fields on hot summer days.

The Kunekune is said to resemble a slender, white humanoid shape, like a paper mannequin or a piece of fine fabric.

The Kunekune lingers in widely extended rice fields or acres, in rare cases it might be found over the open sea.

Kunekune stories are all written in the first person singular in an attempt to make them look like eyewitness reports.

The appearance of the Kunekune may be the result of confusion with traditional scarecrows, which are found in fields of rice and barley, textile deity (タンモノ様, Tanmono-Sama), or snake worship, like Hasshaku-sama (八尺様, Eight Feet Tall).

[4] Another possible explanation might be thick clouds of fog, which tend to appear over rice fields during lunchtime.