The Boo Hag

Do you suffer from insomnia or sleep apnea? Do you wake up exhausted after what you thought was a good night's sleep? Or have you ever suffered sleep paralysis? You may be the victim of a boo hag! This malevolent spirit that looks like a human, but has no skin, sneaks into your bedroom through an opening as small as a keyhole. A boo hag will then sit on you and steal your life force, or maybe even your blood, as you lay there helpless. 

The legend of the boo hag comes from the Gullah Geechee folk of South Carolina's coastland. So you can guess that keeping the boo hag away is a matter of painting your porch haint blue. There are other ways to deflect or defeat the boo hag, as Dr. Emily Zarka explains in this episode of Monstrum.