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While most people wrap themselves in cozy Hallmark fantasies and Santa stories, the Alps kept another name on the calendar: Krampus, the horned enforcer who shows up with chains, switches, and a sack big enough for the worst of the year’s sinners. In this episode of Cryptid Captures, Phreak digs into the old-world terror behind Krampusnacht, modern encounters with something dragging chains through attics and over frozen roads, and the psychological horror of a monster that doesn’t hunt at random, but only comes for the people who know they deserve it.
By Everyday HeroesWhile most people wrap themselves in cozy Hallmark fantasies and Santa stories, the Alps kept another name on the calendar: Krampus, the horned enforcer who shows up with chains, switches, and a sack big enough for the worst of the year’s sinners. In this episode of Cryptid Captures, Phreak digs into the old-world terror behind Krampusnacht, modern encounters with something dragging chains through attics and over frozen roads, and the psychological horror of a monster that doesn’t hunt at random, but only comes for the people who know they deserve it.