bogy

And I had nothing to eat, and I was so frightened—for she said there was a bogy there—that I nearly died.

And throughout the trip he continued to regard me as a species of bogy-man, while Ryborg he considered a most reputable traveler.

Shell fire, speaking generally, is the "Bogy of Battle" to those not accustomed to it.

But he did the job, and this bogy-man scare of his is the weak cunning of a disordered mind to divert suspicion.

Syme remembered those wild woes of yesterday as one remembers being afraid of Bogy in childhood.