Origin of Zelda Hand in Toilet

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Earlier today we made an update on an interview with Miyamoto in regards to the difficulty of Skyward Sword. In that same interview with Miyamoto the interviewer asked him on the origins of the famous Hand in the Toilet guy.

Miyamoto stated that it is based off of Japanese horror stories , “There are some ghost stories in Japan where — when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet — a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It’s a very scary story.”

How cool is that? Let us know in the comments what you think.

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Noah Glaser is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati where he majored in Information Technology with a minor in awesome. Noah has worked in web marketing for over 5 years and has built a reputation that has followed him both professionally and independently. He is the founder and lead content contributor for The Hidden Triforce.In the 5th grade he bought Link’s Awakening for his brother as a Christmas gift. Since stealing it back, he has been hooked to the Zelda series and has never looked back. In his spare time you can find Noah frolicking with his Porygon and Kiwi Birds. He dislikes chocolate, cheese, and bacon.

  • Twister92

    Never, under ANY circumstances, take a dump in Japan.

    • noah

      Yea they got some scary crap over in japan

  • venusleaf

    Yeah that hand was sort of scary and random too, never really got it…until now.

  • JHS

    THAT IS FREAKY

  • mrcandymandible

    goes back to ninja assassins

  • Diana

    That's really interesting, I've always wondered about the hand. Then I assumed it had comedic affect. I never would have guessed it had actual signifance though…

  • Nick

    i always thought there was a homeless man down there trying to find toilet paper

  • RT

    Yeh WTF I never grasped the concept of the hand in the toilet but now I’m kinda creeped out I meen in majoras I thought it was a zombie or some old homeless guy asking for paper and wen I saw it in skyward I thought it was master hand but apprently its a ghost girl :s scary

  • Fred

    yeah… I hate ghosts :s I'm japanese, ghost stories are the worst (or best) in Japan

  • Jackie

    is it bad if I'm scared to go to the bathroom now

  • Awesome520

    i forgot why does it want paper?

    • noahglaser

      Think about it ;)