31 Days of Monsters - Day 19: Père Fouettard

Père Fouettard is a cannibalistic child-killer of French legend. This beastly butcher once captured and abducted and ate three children. St. Nicholas discovered the crime and resurrected the children to bear witness against Père Fouettard. Repenting his sinful ways, Père Fouettard indentured himself to St. Nicholas. Père Fouettard is now used as a bogeyman figure to scare disobedient children into behaving themselves.

31 Days of Monsters: Squasc

Squascs are Italian bogeys that resemble tailless squirrels with human faces. They like to play nasty tricks on all humans, but when they encounter ill-mannered children, they will attack them relentlessly.

31 Days of Monsters 2014: The Bubak

The Bubak is a strange bogeyman from the Czech Republic. He resembles a scarecrow and lurks around the banks of lakes and ponds looking for prey. To lure in victims, he makes the sound of a baby crying and when he catches you, he weaves your soul into cloth. He travels about at night in a tiny cart drawn by demonic cats.

31 Days of Monsters 2014: Spring-heeled Jack

Spring-heeled Jack is a figure who first came to people's attention in Victorian London. A diabolical figure capable of amazing feats of agility, Jack had the country in a grip of panic as he sprang from alleys attacking women and men with impunity. He became the subject of many penny-dreadful stories of the era, becoming a replacement for the bogeyman and even Satan himself in some traditional tales.