But they are not always noisy. If they should happen upon a human out late on the roads, the Gashadokuro will silently creep up and catch their victims, crushing them in their hands or biting off their head. Too large and powerful to be killed, Gashadokuro maintain their existence until the energy and malice stored up in their bodies has completely burnt out. However, because of the large amount of dead bodies required to form a single one, these abominations are rarer today than they were in the past, when wars and famine were a part of everyday life.
