Jamaica's ghosts.

A Duppy Is A Jamaican Ghost

The Duppy is an evil spirit or ghost that originated in Jamaican folktales and made its way to Barbados. It often appears in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night. Another folktale says that Duppies live in the buttress roots of silk cotton trees.

The Jamaican patois word for "ghost".

Jamaican ghost; also an insult to white people

also used in old jamaican folklore to describe a spirit or ghost, it is also used now day to desciber or emulate someone getting beaten up, punched or taken for a derkhead

originating from jamaican folklore, it is slang for a ghost or spirit, but nowadays is used as slang to hit someone or beat someone up, or take them for a complete derkhead. duppy is degenerately used by black people who are looking for a fight or little white kids who want to or think that they are the black gangsters....eg

A dog that physically looks like an adult dog but in behavior and knowledge of the world is still a puppy.