Peers into windows

Jumbi

Jumbies can be good as well as evil, and they are not creatures of the deep bush only — they frequent the dark patches of town where the streetlights fail, and hover at windows, peering in after prey; the standing advice never to throw water out a window exists because a wet jumbi is a uniquely vengeful one.

Hopkinsville Goblins

They were reported to peer into windows, climb onto the roof, and attempt to enter the farmhouse where the family had barricaded themselves.