Boogeyman
Boogeyman noun - An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
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- The Guatemalan folk legend "El Sombrerón" (aka "the man in the large hat") features a boogeyman-like creature who enchants beautiful women with his singing and guitar-playing into falling in love with him and being unable to sleep or eat.
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