A noise.

A shadow.

The hair at the back of your neck stiffens.

You better run.

You better hide.

But don’t be naïve, he will find you.

The Hidebehind,

Perhaps born from mixing the beasts that populated the folktales of the indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands with the superstitions imported by European settlers, or perhaps a totally new notion, shaped by new fears as new people settled in the woodlands along the northeastern and Midwest of the United States and southeastern Canada, the hidebehind is among the fantastic creatures that populate North America.

Little is known about the hidebehind, as these beasts were as elusive as their name suggests, which is also why they were considered so dangerous. According to local...

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