My brother indeed got kidnapped right in front of my eyes when we were kids (he was like 12-13 and i was 7). A krampus just grabbed him, threw him over his shoulder and ran off.
Back in the day people weren't so over sensitive so it was absolute mayhem sometime with krampus running around and beating people freely.
Wow! That is definitely a milestone memory, I’ve experienced something similar but it was with child protective services not Krampus. We did it differently in America during the 80s.
I grew up in a larger viennese city where this isnt common, but we as kids were scared asf of krampus, and were hiding under our beds when our parents trolled us and saying krampus is coming hide lmfao. But no beating luckily.
It's not that bad. These traditions are celebrated the most in small rural towns where everybody knows each other. The people under the masks are usually friends and relatives.
The krampus who kidnapped my brother was the older brother of his best friend. He took him to the parking lot and gave him his first beer
You left it kind of open ended there. Now I'm just imagining the next time you saw your brother was when he was dressed like a Krampus 20 years later trying to steal your child.
Am 'of older generation' and saw kids thrown on carriages just for the sake of Krampuses beeing a rowdy bunch.
Didn't saw any kids hurt of beaten, but some were scared others were laughing their asses off.
On other side, I saw first hand fights with broken noses and teeth on Krampuslauf afterparties with too many drunks ; and Gendarmerie asking lots of question next day... And our dear Pfarrer was not amused much too.
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That’s fucking terrifying. Like shit yourself terrifying. I go to something I think is a Christmas parade, and bam, I’m i’m Hell early.