Hidebehind Haiku
Shadows are playing -
no beasts stalking in these woods.
It is just the wind.
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Hidebehinds are an odd bit of American folklore - and they are down-right spine chilling to think about at three in the morning when you have to walk to the bathroom through a dark house. Like most American monsters, Hidebehinds were inspired by a fear of the unexplored Wilderness that loomed over the first settlers.
Whenever a lumberjack didn't come back to camp, this beast was to blame. Hidebehinds, as the name implies, would lurk just behind wanderers and hide whenever their prey turned to look at them. They had the ability to suck in their stomachs to become unbelievably thin so that they could duck behind the smallest tree if need be. When they finally got close enough, they would spirit their prey away to a den where they would feed exclusively on the entrails of the poor, lost human.
Try not to think about this next time you're walking alone and you feel the hairs on the back of your neck rise because you think someone is watching you.
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