CREEPYPASTA FILES: 1 - THE BOGEYMAN

So what’s oddly terrifying about this villain is that we know not what it looks like, what it’s fully capable of or where the hell it comes from. The Bogeyman, Man from the Shadows, Bugbear, Coco/Cucuy or however you want to refer to it; is a ghostly, malevolent creature that virtually manifests itself physically in the form of however a child envisions it. In whole; the Bogeyman is the embodiment of terror and is pretty much scarier than any other villain in our files.

Generally speaking and from its appellation, we consider the Bogeyman to be a male; this is not true. The Bogeyman can be female, male or androgynous (you want androgynous; look up David Bowie from the Ziggy Stardust days or Marilyn Manson during his Mechanical Animals era). The M.O. of the Bogeyman, is to terrify and devour disobedient (and at time obedient) children. Its place of residence; the shadows, under the bed, in the closet, a dark basement and pretty much anywhere that looks rather creepy.

The Bogeyman has been depicted as another famous villain, Michael Myers from the Halloween-franchise, a pile of insects dressed in a sack in Tim Burton’s A Nightmare before Christmas, and as a shadowy figure with no visible bodily or facial features. 

So kiddies; bundle up under your blankets, tuck the sheets tight and keep that Spongebob night-light plugged in, for the Bogeyman may be near.