This is my interpretation of a zgripturoaica (romanian for ugly old crazy hag ), a dark witch,that dwells mostly in the depths of the forgotten forests,in the swamps,or other dark scenery like the above mentioned.It's said they come out of their forests only to steal little(or even larger) kids and to trick villagers into giving to them(the witches) one or two animals from the villager's farm,and then they return back to their dwellings to never be seen again.My personal opinion is either they eat those kids,either they turn the poor kids into slaves. Now,for my story,i interpreted them more like half-toad,half-human beings,evil by nature and extremely cunning.Carnivorous and often cannibalistic,this is a race made by only one gender,the females.They hatch eggs,and magically enhance the eggs to grow into big,poisonous toads,which later with time become other zgripturoaice.