bogles

Bogles is the plural of bogle, a Scottish and Northern English term for a ghost, specter, or frightening supernatural creature.

Bogles belong to the same family of folkloric beings as bogeymen and bugbears—entities invoked to scare children or explain mysterious happenings.

The word appears in dialect literature and regional ghost stories.

To bogle can also mean to startle or take fright, as a horse might bogle at an unexpected noise.

The old tales warned of bogles haunting the moors at night.