An Austria Avalanche Christmas Day mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs buried 10 people, according to the state-run Austrian Press Agency.

In Austria, police said they also were stepping up security around Vienna’s churches and Christmas markets, apparently responding to the same intelligence about a potential threat.

Rescuers were searching for two people possibly buried in an avalanche at a ski resort in western Austria on Sunday.

With traditional masked processions, this ominous ‘half-goat, half-demon’ creature visits naughty children in central Europe at Christmas.

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