A photonic being as Grendel.
Grendel was a monster from the Beowulf epic poem. It terrorized King Hrothgar's hall until Beowulf eventually killed it.
Grendel was described as a creature with a head, repelled by light and laughter, and therefore waiting until Hrothgar's people slumbered until attacking. Its attacks were described as in a murderous rage and without remorse. It was based in a lair.
In 2371, when USS Voyager came across a protostar, Captain Kathryn Janeway had samples of photonic matter beamed aboard for study. In fact, Voyager had inadvertently captured photonic lifeforms native to the star. As a result, the others of their kind manifested in the Beowulf holodeck program, which was running at the time, as Grendel.
"Grendel" then proceeded to abduct Harry Kim, Chakotay, and Tuvok in retaliation, converting them to energy and storing them in their photonic lattice. They were returned after The Doctor offered Grendel the remaining photonic matter that Voyager had collected. (VOY: "Heroes and Demons")