Part one of my Ugandan crypto-series concerns the terrifying Basezi, or 'night dancer.' Much like the well known werewolf, by day this monster is nothing more than an ordinary member of society who wouldn't harm a fly, never mind another human being.
However, by night, everyone's best friend turns into a corpse-eating critter that, when not dancing naked in the nearby by fields, floats along the ground, cradling a seething mass of flames between his hands. Ordinary people avoid going out at night to avoid catching sight of the frightening spectacle, which, according to legend, would result in the witness's untimely death.
Sources claim some of the basezi are born that way; others can learn to become one, though why anyone would WANT to dig up a cemetary after dark to munch on a dead body is entirely beyond me.
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