Why this word is great
HIDEBEHIND — [Noun] A creature in United States folklore that is said to lurk unseen behind trees or other objects. From hide ("to conceal") + behind ("at the rear of"), referring to its elusive nature. Unlike "Bigfoot" (a hulking, if elusive, presence) or "ghoul" (a graveyard scavenger of the dead), the Hidebehind is a spectral predator of the living, never glimpsed directly, only sensed by the prickling of neck hairs or the sudden absence of sound. It is the shadow that darts just beyond your peripheral vision, the rustle of leaves with no wind to stir them, the breath on your neck when you turn to find nothing there—a manifestation of the primal fear that something watches from the dark, always one step ahead of sight. A predator that exists in the negative space of perception, it thrives in the space between what you see and what you fear.