“The Flying Monkeys in 'The Wizard of Oz' because I was a little kid and they came flying out there ... and they were in Kansas.”

— Bruce Hauser, psychologist, Wichita

“Freddy Krueger because one hand is a claw and the other one is just a hand.”

— Gabriel Moreno, second-grader, Lawrence

“It's the monster under your bed you can't really see at night that kind of grabs at your feet.”

— Evan Rees, entrepreneur, Topeka

“The Boogey Man ... in the closet.”

— Lexi Smith, assistant teacher, Lawrence