It is whispered that any child who mistakes Drifloon for a balloon and holds on to it could wind up missing.
Because of the way it floats aimlessly, an old folktale calls it a “signpost for wandering spirits. ”
Said to lure away young children and carry them off to the afterlife. Some whisper that Drifloon are formed of reincarnated human souls, but these rumors are as yet unconfirmed.