Qalupalik is an Inuit mythological creature. The Qalupalik is a human-like creature that lives in the sea, with long hair, green skin, and long fingernails. The myth is that qalupaliks wear an amautik (a form of pouch that Inuit parents wear to carry their children) so they can take babies and children away who disobey their parents. The story was used to prevent children from wandering off alone, lest the qalupalik take the children in her amautik underwater and keep them forever. Qalupaliks are said to make a distinctive humming sound; therefore, they can be heard before they appear.