BOOJUM
AKA: The Boojum
📍 QUICK FACTS
| Origin: | American Lumber Camps |
| State/Region: | Wisconsin |
| Country: | USA |
| First Sighting: | Late 1800s |
| Category: | Spirit |
📖 DESCRIPTION
The Boojum is a fearsome critter so terrible that anyone who sees it vanishes instantly and forever. It's invisible to most, which is fortunate - to glimpse it means certain disappearance.
👁️ FAMOUS SIGHTINGS
- ►Late 1800s - Lumber camps - Attributed to explaining vanished workers
- ►Never directly witnessed - by definition, witnesses disappear
🎭 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The Boojum (named from Lewis Carroll's poem) represents the ultimate fear - a danger so complete that there's no survivor to warn others. It explained the many who vanished in the wilderness.
🃏 METAZOO CARD
Boojum
Seance 1st Edition
Bronze