• Mr. Bepo •
In Mokomo Dukedom folklore there was mischievous creature named Mr. Bepo, whose nature is to manipulate children into injuring themselves, resulting countless deaths of young mink children.
In one famous story revolves around a Monkey mink named Bariete when he was a kid he ended up being sick it was so bad he ended up bedridden and housebound. One day a Polar Bear Mink appeared in front of Bariete with a large smile mouth shortly after being diagnosed, Bariete asked the bear mink if he had a name. The Polar Bear replied and said his name is Mr. Bepo.
Mr. Bepo would play and chat with Bariete. Mr. Bepo would hide under Bariete's bed when Bariete's parents enter the room, saying he didn't want his parents to see him because he was afraid they wouldn't allow him to play with Bariete. Shortly after meeting Mr. Bepo and spending a few days with him, after Bariete's mother came to do her daily check-in on the narrator, Mr. Bepo told that he wanted to take the narrator to a small room at the end of the house's hallway. Bariete declined the offer but soon agreed due to Mr. Bepo eager persisting. Once at the room, Mr. Bepo opened a large window that was opposite of the doorway and he beckoned Bariete to look out at the ground below. Due to being on the second floor and on a hill, the drop was farther down below. Mr. Bepo told Bariete that he pretended that there was a trampoline at the bottom and if he imagined hard enough, he would bounce up as light as a feather then he insisted for Bariete to try. Bariete declined and Mr. Bepo face twisted into a snarl for a moment before sliding under Bariete's bed and staying there for the remainder of the day making no noise.
The next day, Mr. Widemouth came to Bariete with a small box, and he told Bariete he wanted to teach him to juggle and that the objects he had in the box would help to practice. When Bariete opened the box, they became horrified at the sight of the knives inside the box and immediately roared in anger, saying they couldn't as his parents forbid them to touch even a single knife. Mr. Bepo's face turned into a frown as he insisted one more time, and when Bariete declined, Mr. Bepo's face deepened into a scowl and he remained under the bed for the whole day again. Bariete began to have trouble sleeping because of the thought of Mr. Bepo being under his bed and how he would wake them up at night saying he placed an actual trampoline that they couldn't see and even if Bariete declined Mr. Bepo would continue persisting and even sometimes stay by the Bariete's side the whole night encouraging them to jump.
When Bariete had permission to finally go outside, Mr. Bepo was waiting for them outside and he showed them a trail saying he had many friends go down the trail and one day he would take Bariete down it when they were ready. Soon, Bariete and their family gathered up all their stuff into the truck and were about to leave. Bariete saw Mr. Bepo staring through Bariete's window at them, staying extremely still until the truck began to move. Mr. Bepo then waved at Bariete as the truck began to drive away with a steak knife in his hand. Bariete didn't wave back.
Bariete soon returned back to where the old house was, however, the house was nowhere to be seen as it had burned down years after Bariete had left. Bariete decided to walk down the trail that Mr. Bepo told them he was going to take them down when they were ready, but they ended up at a memorial cemetery where most of the tombstones belonged to young mink children.