"Dime niña, why are you still awake?" The mother shook her head.

"I'm scared. I can't sleep," the little girl said.

"Count fluffy sheep. Hum a lullaby," The mother replied. "There are no monsters under your bed."

"You're right." The girl looked at her mother with dead serious eyes. "Not under the bed, but perched on the window sill, waiting for me to close my eyes."

Pesanta,

This monstrous spirit from Catalan folklore was said to take the form of a gigantic black cat or dog. In such a shape, the pesanta would enter the house of its unsuspecting victim, and sit on their chest while they slept.

While they struggled to breath under its weight, the presence of the pesanta would transform any dream i...

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