Harold the Scarecrow

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Harold
Alias	Harold the Scarecrow
Origin	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Occupation	Scarecrow
Powers / Skills	Teleportation Skinning people alive Turn someone into scarecrow (only movie).
Hobby	Terrorizing his tormentors. Skinning people alive.
Goals	Get revenge on the two farmers (succeeded with one). Kill Tommy turning him into a scarecrow (succeeded).
Crimes	Murder
Type of Villain	Supernatural Abuse Victim

Harold (also known as Harold the Scarecrow) is an evil scarecrow and the titular character from the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark short story of the same name.

The story was written by the late Alvin Schwartz. While he was created by Stephen Gammell. However in 2019 He made his appearance as one of the monsters that was summoned by Sarah Bellows who'd freed himself from his stakes and kill Tommy. Thereby transforming Tommy into a scarecrow of his family farm. Also he was played by Mark Steger who'd also played as The Pale Lady in the 2019 movie of the same name.

Physical Appearance

In 1981, Harold looks like a corpse made out of straw. But in 2019, he has a hole in its stomach.

History

Harold was made out of old sacs stuffed with straw by two stupid cow farmers named Thomas and Alfred who were bored and named him after another farmer they both hated. They treated the doll meanly for fun, and one day they heard it grunt, and Thomas suggested throwing him in the fire, but Alfred insisted it was nothing to worry about. Then, they noticed that Harold was growing bigger, and told themselves that it was their imagination from being in the mountains too long.

Then one day, Harold comes to life, walks out of the hut in front of Thomas and Alfred, then climbs on the roof and starts stomping around on it. Terrified, Thomas and Alfred leave with their cows that same day to get away from Harold, but then they realize they forgot their milking stools and have to go back. The farmers convince each other that there really is nothing to be afraid of and draw straws to see who will go back. It is Thomas who has to go back to where Harold is, and he tells Alfred that he will catch up with him later. When he does not return, Alfred looks back and sees Harold on the roof of the hut holding out Thomas' skinned corpse.

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Film

Harold plays as a secondary antagonist in the film, he gets beaten multiple times by a kid named Tommy who beats him with a baseball bat, throws bottles at him and curses at him. One night Tommy went out in the field to do some farm work when he found out that Harold might be following him, Harold begins to chase after Tommy which Tommy tries to outrun Harold but fails, Harold stabs Tommy in the chest with a pitchfork which makes Tommy turn into a scarecrow himself.

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Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark 3 Harold