Be warned: Krampus is on the streets of Calgary..Saturday night, he made an appearance in Rutland Park, prompting some concerned residents to call police. Confused Calgarians not familiar with the German Christmas monster posted images to social media..“Strange man in a costume knocking on door in Currie. Not sure what the deal is but police have been called,” wrote Johnathan Dawrant in the Rutland Park community Facebook Page..Becky Leyden added: “When you thought 2020 wouldn’t get any weirder.”.Sara Efthimiou added: “Nightmares are made from this. Holy scary.”.Krampus is a Christmas demon most common in southern Germany and Austria. In the weeks before Christmas each year, he and Saint Nikolas go house-to-house to pass judgement on which children are naughty and nice. Naughty children are beaten by Krampus with a bundle of small sticks. Particularly naughty children are put in a bag to be transported to hell..The German Christmas demon was apparently not recognized by all in Calgary’s Currie Barracks neighbourhood.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“He was in Currie Barracks when I was getting out of the car with my grandkids,” said Yvonne Beatty. He asked them if they had been good or bad. He did say he was Krampus. It was a bit strange as I had never heard of it but he seemed harmless.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Be warned: Krampus is on the streets of Calgary..Saturday night, he made an appearance in Rutland Park, prompting some concerned residents to call police. Confused Calgarians not familiar with the German Christmas monster posted images to social media..“Strange man in a costume knocking on door in Currie. Not sure what the deal is but police have been called,” wrote Johnathan Dawrant in the Rutland Park community Facebook Page..Becky Leyden added: “When you thought 2020 wouldn’t get any weirder.”.Sara Efthimiou added: “Nightmares are made from this. Holy scary.”.Krampus is a Christmas demon most common in southern Germany and Austria. In the weeks before Christmas each year, he and Saint Nikolas go house-to-house to pass judgement on which children are naughty and nice. Naughty children are beaten by Krampus with a bundle of small sticks. Particularly naughty children are put in a bag to be transported to hell..The German Christmas demon was apparently not recognized by all in Calgary’s Currie Barracks neighbourhood.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“He was in Currie Barracks when I was getting out of the car with my grandkids,” said Yvonne Beatty. He asked them if they had been good or bad. He did say he was Krampus. It was a bit strange as I had never heard of it but he seemed harmless.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
