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Langoliers
The Langoliers are creatures in the Stephen King novella of the same name. This novelle was included with three other novellas in Four Past Midnight released in 1990. They are depicted as ravenous fur balls with no legs and three mandibles. Their only form of sustenence would appear to be time. As time passes, they devour the universe that is left behind. The only way to come into contact with one is by being asleep as you pass through a time rift.
The monsters were also featured in a television movie based on the novella.
Etymology
Their name can actually be attributed to a Mr. Craig Toomey, the villain of Kings novella. As a child Toomey's father told him about a monster that would eat children who didn't behave, similar to the boogyman, and that if he tried to "scamper" away, they would catch him. While stuck in the past, Toomey looses his sanity and tell stories about how the Langoliers were coming to get them.