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An example of a Disco Demon
The Disco Demon, also known as Diabeł-z-Dyskoteki (pl. Devil from the Disco) was a Polish hoax demonic cryptid that was the source of many urban legends in the 1980s and 1990s, especially in the Ostrów area.
Description[]
The creature was described as a shapeshifter to some degree. It could turn itself into either one of its two forms, a human and a demon, and was possibly fully sentient. It could however be distinguished from other people by the fact that it smelled of sulfur and possessed hooves, even in its human disguise.
One of the creature's supposed attributes was its car. In most versions of the story it was described as a completely black BMW without a license plate and with tiny horns instead of car mirrors. It would usually be seen in a bar parking lot. The creature would walk out and ask a random person about the time, and after it would receive its response the demon would kill them, or some other person at the party.
Hoax[]
From a political point of view, much like Poland's other demonic cryptids such as the Black Volga, the Disco Demon was most likely created as a hoax to scare people away from going to raves, parties and bars.