In "Hobblin' Goblins" (DD 26-03) Gyro makes a device to read goblins' thoughts and find a way to avoid their misdeeds. Goblins are responsible for accidents that happen to us, especially when it is Halloween One should think Gyro would do research on Gladstone Gander, as he is not exposed to too enough accidents, but instead Gyro asks Huey, Dewey and Louie to test the device. The result is that instead of preventing accidents, the device guides the boys right into a house where some girls are looking for dancing partners. Huey, Dewey and Louie find canes and goes to find a certain inventor (this is an example of the influence Donald has on the boys). If Gyro is correct, he should also start investigating things that may bring bad luck. In Don Rosa's "His Majesty, McDuck" (AR 145) the Spaniards believes that there are demons in Scrooge's popcorn, and the flee to avoid being possessed.

The ducks encounter a more positive spirit in "The Golden River" (US 22-02). An elf grants Scrooge a golden waterfall, but only as long as Scrooge is kind. As soon as he tries to avoid keeping promises, the gold disappears. This is a typical "the-gods-reward-the kind-and-punish-the-evil story." That is all there is to say about that story.

Donald is convinced that there are spirits inside the money. In one story, "Flip Decision" (WDC 149-01) he is convinced that everything will be all right as long as you trusts the Almighty Dollar to tell you what to do (head or tail). Anyway, the spirit in Donald's coin must be a spirit that brings bad luck, and Donald is given a fine because he used a coin, and not his brain.