Lol. I was told a lot of stories too. There was one my mom used on us a lot then.

She said there was one baba (herbalist) who was mean and killed children who lied. Everytime someone did something and refused to own up, she would threaten to take us to him.

According to her, baba would 'touch' you with something and you would somersault three times and die.

Chai, I cant remember the number of times I owned up to things I didnt do because I was scared of even seeing the baba.