The Leshi will take you to his cave and tickle you to death. Weird!

In Slavic mythology, the Leshi is a cheeky guardian spirit of the woods. Leshi often appears as a tall peasant, either without a belt or with shoes on the wrong feet. He is sometimes said to have wings and a tail, and to be covered in black hair. He can change his size from that of a blade of grass to that of the highest tree, and can shape-shift into an animal, a person – or even a large talking mushroom. To be caught by a Leshi would mean being taken back to his cave and tickled to death. How awful. To protect yourself in the event of a Leshi encounter, you must turn all of your clothes inside out and place your shoes on the wrong feet. How bizarre is that?