Bloody Bones/Old Bloody Bones

Bloody Bones is a bogeyman figure from England and the United States. It’s described as being incredibly ugly with blood and bone visible, and sometimes even looks like a dancing headless skeleton. He was often seen as a companion to Rawhead, or one part of the same being. He is also sometimes related to a figure named High Walker, who could raise the bones of the dead. Rawhead and Bloody Bones defied him and ended up causing his death.

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