The first thing I want to know is that our ancestors didn't tell their children scary stories.
Good children can walk into a dark room without any fear.
Because the spirit they call Splapp lives in the darkness, and he doesn't care about good kids. They can come and go as they please, he wants nothing to do with them. He only wants one kind of kid. He wants a bad kid, a mean spirited kid, a child that shows no respect to elders. He wants to grab them and trade spirits with them, so his spirit can be a little child again.