Ashimagari

Ashi-magari (足まがり, leg turner^?) is a ghostly phenomenon from the folklore of Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku, Japan.

It is a soft thing, like a kitten or a wad of cotton, which is felt wrapping itself around a person's leg at night, impeding the ability to walk.

While it is not generally visible, it is often believed to be the trick of a tanuki.^{[citation needed]}

The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), also known as tanuki (狸 or たぬき^?) in Japanese, is a subspecies of the raccoon dog native to Japan.