Rawhead and Bloody Bones

[aluokaloo]

http://thedemoniacal.blogspot.com/2010/06/raw-head-and-bloody-bones.html


erm...interesting

[StarlitNox]

Whenever I read about a creature I've never heard of, I like to look it up on Deviantart. I found a really nice one of this creature here: http://fav.me/d14vnes

He's an extremely and unnecessarily creepy boogeyman, the kids that got told THAT tale must have been really bad D: I was just told of a tall man in a dark coat. Thought he lived in my grandma's closet for six years lolol

[aluokaloo]

@picture-that's cool. :thumbsup:

but why would he go after kids though? wouldn't his vengance be towards hunters and possibly pig farmers? that would make more sense since that was what he got killed by.


and why did you think he lived in your grandma's closet?

[aluokaloo]

http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/raw_head_and_bloody_bones.html

here's the Ozark version of the story.

[StarlitNox]

@picture-that's cool. :thumbsup:

but why would he go after kids though? wouldn't his vengance be towards hunters and possibly pig farmers? that would make more sense since that was what he got killed by.


and why did you think he lived in your grandma's closet?


No idea, sometimes stories that adults make up to scare behavior into kids has a few plotholes. XD I DO like the idea of an undead creature going after hunters (the cruel kind, not the real type of hunter)

Her closet was literally in a dark corner of the room and she told us she'd go in there and "tell the boogeyman" whenever one of us kids misbehaved XD

[)O( ~ Khara~ )O(]

This is your old country bogeyman. He lives in the dark corners, cupboards, closets or under your bed.

"Be good or Bloody Bones will come for you".

"Eat your vegetables or Bloody Bones will get you".

"You come straight home or Bloody Bones will find you".

And my personal favorite "Remember Bloody bones is watching you, so you better behave yourself".

I was absolutely terrified of it/him/her as a child.

[aluokaloo]

@StarlitNox-wow no offense but that's kinda funny! out of curiosity did it work? and that would be cool to send him after poachers and stuff. :hi5:

@Khara-that's interesting Khara where did you learn about that one as a child?

[)O( ~ Khara~ )O(]

@Khara-that's interesting Khara where did you learn about that one as a child?

My grandparents, aunts, uncles, mother all used to threaten us kids with him.

He was "always watching" for bad little boys and girls....

Two of my older cousins got a pig mask one year and made a scarecrow figure out of it. Scared one of my other cousins so bad she was damn near incoherent. I remember my one cousin saying later he would have preferred Bloody Bones to have drug him off and stripped him to bones as opposed to the switching and chores he got for the prank.

[StarlitNox]

@StarlitNox-wow no offense but that's kinda funny! out of curiosity did it work? and that would be cool to send him after poachers and stuff. :hi5:

lolol Not really, my cousins were still bad and I just wasn't a troublemaker as a kid. Have never been punished by my parents for anything aside from the time they found my pagan-y things. DX Closed-minded $%^%&*.....

[Landra]

That's an impressively macabre story. I am entertained. I'm with the witch, I'd be pissed if someone hunted and butchered one of my pets.

My family's primary behavioural modifier was actually gratitude. Being in trouble and being told what my grandparents did to my dad and his siblings when they acted the way I did made me want to be good just because I was glad my parents weren't that mean.

I've never actually seen a switch, because my parents were so traumatized by corporal punishment that they can't administer it themselves. My grandmother still has her famous paddle displayed like a trophy on the wall.

I prefer creative discipline. "Go to your room while we discuss your punishment" is pretty good all by itself, creates anticipation. Follow that with something they're going to remember as associated with a specific event (whereas all spankings are created equal) and you're good.

We don't actually have any little ones yet, but my idea of a good punishment is that should I ever catch one of my children littering, I will find some organization that's going to clean a highway all weekend (Boyscouts do it a lot) and tell them my son's punishment for littering is that I'm volunteering him to help, and they're to work him as hard as they want.

As for the metaphysical relevance of the story, I wouldn't know if there's any truth to the tale or not, but similarly scary things definitely exist. I've lost sleep a few times from things I've seen.

May you find what you seek,
Landra

[~*Sacred*~]

Holy shizzle that's ugly. LOL!

[Heliotrope]

Has anyone ever heard a tale similar about a young girl who walked to school and every day passed a graveyard? My mother used to tell me Bloody Bones would raise from its grave if some kid was dumb enough to chant "Bloody Bones" in their bathroom mirror.

That or "candy man". :P

[IanCorrigan]

And for bad-movie fun. See the flick "Rawhead Rex", from a Clive Barker story. Cool Pagany outcome...
Trailer with possible spoilers here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSLX1IDR1d8

[Gray Dragaen]

And for bad-movie fun. See the flick "Rawhead Rex", from a Clive Barker story. Cool Pagany outcome...


I was just about to recommend this story :)