Alaina Urquhart
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No, they literally beat bystanders.
Like, these Krampuses walk around and they hit people with branches.
Like, they literally beat you.
So it sounds like the purge, kind of.
Except, so I read a couple of, like, people who have gone to these things and have come back and been like, no, seriously, like, they will beat you.
And I guess they mainly go for your legs and your shins, but they literally beat your legs and shins with branches.
And they will chase you into places to try to beat you with branches.
And so because of this, there have been injuries and people obviously getting terrified and like traumatized.
So because of this, they've kind of had to reform it a little bit.
And there's some places that require all Krampuses to wear numbers so they can be identified in case of violent behavior.