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Alan, aka DudeInMinnetonka's avatar

I vaguely recall krampus characters in European parades along with plague doctors, do they intertwine?

Other bizarre creatures accompanied the krampus. Vaguely similar to the children's book where the wild things are but much more scary and if I recall targeted at children

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Lils's avatar

Wow, yeah, now that you mention it I do have the same association!! I remember seeing these figures in the context of Krampus/Perchten who are up and coming again - events featuring these morbid zombie creatures draw huge crowds all over the Alps region, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland....

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