In the 1950s, efforts were underway to ban horror comics in the US and UK (mostly American imports, in the latter case).
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In 1954, hundreds of Glasgow children stormed a cemetery, hunting a monster with iron teeth. The hunt was cited as evidence for the ban.
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However, folklore researchers located evidence of almost a dozen such incidents within a few decades of the 1954 hunt.
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In most cases, including 1954, children appeared to be hunting monsters of ancient tradition, Kinderschrecken parents use to scare children.
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In no case was a link to a horror comic made.
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(Hobbs & Cornwell, "Hunting the Monster with Iron Teeth," Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Vol. III, 1988)
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