Sack Man
TYPE OF MYTHICAL CHARACTER SAID TO CARRY NAUGHTY CHILDREN AWAY IN BAGS
Torbalan; Bag Man; Sack man; Kharqyt; Man with the sack; Man with the Sack; Hombre del saco; Abu I Kees; Abu Kees; Homem do saco; Bouchkara; Bori Baba; Mangtae yeonggam; Ông ba bị; Antjie Somers; Goni Billa; Hombre del costal; Ông kẹ
The Sack Man (also called the Bag Man or Man with the Bag/Sack) is a figure similar to the bogeyman, portrayed as a man with a sack on his back who carries naughty children away. Variants of this figure appear all over the world, particularly in Latin countries, such as Spain, Portugal, Italy (where he is known as the vecchio col sacco ("the old man with the sack"), and the countries of Latin America, where it is referred to as el "Hombre del costal", el hombre del saco, or in Portuguese, o homem do saco (all of which mean "the sack/bag man"), and Eastern Europe.