(Madeline Hancock)
Madeline Hancock

Stories like this pop up each year about this time: Someone dressed in a scary costume scares someone and the police are dispatched to deal with the mania.

But this story is truly bizarre. OKC grandmother Geneva Robinson was arrested recently after local police discovered she donned a witch costume while disciplining her 7-year-old kin.

According to KFOR.com, the youth told DHS workers that Robinson became “Nelda” when she wore a green mask and witch hat while taking her to the garage and punishing her by making her sleep there.

Nelda also told the child that “the creatures in the attic were going to come get her,” KFOR.com reported.

“If it wasn’t serious, it would be laughable,” Tracie Spillman, a neighbor, told the news station. “I can’t believe it. I just think that’s not true.”

A housemate of Robinson, however, verified the report, adding that Robinson also regularly kicked him in the genitals.

Abuse is bad. Violence is bad.

Police quickly arrested Robinson, and four children were placed in protective custody, KFOR.com reported. No word on the status of Robinson’s broomstick.

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