Marrelombra

The marrelombra is a fearsome monster out of Beynid mythology that is said to prey on any it finds awake during the night. It is unable to enter into houses unless a door or window is left open for it, whereupon it will find somewhere inside the house to hide until nightfall. Once everyone in the house is asleep, the marrelombra will begin to prowl around in search of its next meal with slow, silent steps.
The marrelombra is said to resemble the race of whoever sees it, but with an unsettling, wide-eyed grin and an extremely long neck, which it uses to scout out rooms without fully entering them. Once it makes eye contact with its victim, its head will turn at a 90-degree angle, accompanied by a loud snapping sound, to gauge them for a reaction. If its potential prey reacts at all, the marrelombra knows they are awake, and it will begin its shambling approach. Eye contact with a marrelombra is said to paralyze the victim with fear, preventing them from moving at all. With every step, the marrelombra's form becomes increasingly broken -- its arms will twist at unnatural angles, it will drag itself along the floor due to its legs being too mangled to walk, its neck will corkscrew as its grin becomes wider and wider, and so on until it reaches its prey and devours them whole.
Superstitious individuals who fear the marrelombra will place their beds in such a way that an opened door will actually block the bed from view. Because the marrelombra will only enter a room it sees a person in, keeping one's bed out of sight from the marrelombra is enough to keep one safe from them -- though, of course, the safest way of ensuring safety from the marrelombra is to simply never leave open doors or windows out of sight.
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