Every. Single. Person. Has heard of the Bogeyman.   Some of us were scared pantsless that he'd take us in the night,  and others were afraid he was in our closest.   For me it was everything but the closet.  And my Bogeyman was actually a skeletal T-rex holding an old timey machine gun,  like Al Pacino.

But where did these stories originate? Honestly, there's no answer.  Or I suppose the best answer is everywhere.  From Germany to Southeast Asia to Africa, and probably there's even a version that penguins tell their chicks.  Even the entymology is so diverse, there really isn't a true origin of the word.  Personally,  my favorite is the German word: boggel-man.  This, quite simply, is a hobgoblin.

Obviously not every mythos is exactly the same, but they all involve a hunched over creature that preys on misbehaving children. Many an adult would scold a child who'd snuck from their bed that if they got up again, the bogeyman would get them.

So, if you're thinking about getting a midnight snack, just beware of a hobgoblin lurking in the shadows.