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Was Púca the Nightmare Bunny That Inspired Donnie Darko?
Season 5
Episode 9
Existing somewhere between boogeyman, scapegoat, and temperamental fae, the known trickster called Púca is an animal-spirit that was once dreaded across Ireland, the Channel Islands, and England.
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