Bogle or boggle is the scottish version of the word ‘Boggart’. It is also the word from which ‘Bogeyman’ is derived. This is the original meaning of the word ‘Boggle’.
Wikipedia also informs me that Bogles were famous for many things, including putting their cold hands on peoples’ faces at night. Rather more humourously, they were also responsible for people crashing on sharp bends, pulling on peoples’ ears, turning milk sour and making dogs lame. However, their chief end was torturing young children who disobeyed their parents.

The bogle is also a creature that loves to vex humans until they go insane. They may cause a human to hear a voice around a corner, only to find that nothing is there, and then repeat the same antics around another corner. This will go on and on until the human decides to give up in utter frustration. Another way they might annoy humans is to enter a person’s house and create a mess, make weird noises, or do other small things that for some reason, always happens at very unopportune times.

Wikipedia
Bogles can be found nowadays populating printers, networks and student fridges (particularly those of the milk-souring persuasion). A complementary Bogle arrives with copies of Settlers of Catan, in order to make sure the 10 is never rolled. However, their favourite activity in modern times is making people drop the telephone just as you’re answering their call. They do that quite a lot.

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