In Shiga Prefecture, there is an example in which it is believed that not a small animal but a specter of an old woman called Sunahori-babaa (another name for sand-throwing hag) lived at a corner of a bamboo grove and threw sand at people passing by.
滋賀県では小動物ではなく婆の妖怪とする例があり、砂ほりばばあ（砂を放る婆の意）といって、ある竹薮の一角に婆が住み着き、そこを通る村人に砂を投げつけたという。