If you had a choice of animals to do your bidding, what animal would you pick? I think I might picks owls. If you start a rumor that killer owls prey on people, that would be devastating to the senses.
Owls can swoop in silently, have beaks that can rip the flesh away, and can see well in the dark. The darkness factor makes them even more frightening, and the fact that they hoot could scare people because they know an evil owl is out there somewhere and could attack and pluck their eyes out at anytime.
Or maybe bunnies. Yeah, bunnies could be scary, too.
Owls can swoop in silently, have beaks that can rip the flesh away, and can see well in the dark. The darkness factor makes them even more frightening, and the fact that they hoot could scare people because they know an evil owl is out there somewhere and could attack and pluck their eyes out at anytime.
Or maybe bunnies. Yeah, bunnies could be scary, too.