At Kokuwajima aza Maegumi, Muya-cho, Itano County, Tokushima Prefecture, such a raccoon dog is called Sunafurashi (sand throwing ghost) and believed to throw sand at people to deprive them of the sense of direction, causing them to lose their way and fall into the water.
徳島県板野郡撫養町小桑島字前組ではこうしたタヌキを砂ふらし（すなふらし）といい、人に砂をかけることで方向感覚を狂わせて道を迷わせ、水辺に落としてしまうという。