Pack
Location: Stevenage (Hertfordshire) - Six Hills (collection of barrows)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ancient site is patrolled by a pack of large black shucks. The barrows are said to have been constructed by the devil while tossing lumps of earth from Whomerly Wood (another misthrow hit the church at Graveley).
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-20
Last updated: 2026-03-28
ID: #1349
Harriet
Location: Stogursey (Somerset) - The Witch Tree
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The shuck which appears here is believed to contain the spirit of Harriet, once a local witch who remains much feared.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-20
Last updated: 2002-06-20
ID: #1342
Phantom Pooch
Location: Stonehenge (Wiltshire) - Doghill Barrow
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ancient burial mound is reportedly haunted by a dog, which conceals itself beneath the hill.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-20
Last updated: 2002-06-20
ID: #1350
Shuck with a Monk's Body and Dog's Head
Location: Stowmarket (Suffolk) - Clopton Hall
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This strange entry in the 'shuck' category stands guard over a hidden hoard of gold. A legend states that St Felix instructed a monk and a dog to guard the buried treasure, and over the years the entities merged into a single presence.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #774
Cat or Dog?
Location: Sturminster Newton (Dorset) - Castle ruins and Newton Hill
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Reports vary on whether the creature that haunts this area is a large dog or very large cat. Either way, the entity was said to have large, saucer shaped eyes, and people went out of their way to avoid the area.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2008-08-10
Last updated: 2008-08-10
ID: #8727
Headless Dog
Location: Swaledale (North Yorkshire) - Humpback bridge leading to Ivelet
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The appearance of this headless hound denoted a forthcoming tragedy.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-07-04
Last updated: 2026-06-06
ID: #1596
Cat Dog
Location: Swannington (Norfolk) - Woodland
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Circa 1975, after dark
Further Comments: A large black dog was seen by two witnesses as it ran across the road ahead of them. It moved more like a cat than dog but did not look feline. One of the witnesses, a vet, was not able to identify it.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2020-02-15
Last updated: 2020-02-15
ID: #13561
Black Dog
Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Hill in Toothill area (was known as The Toot)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This demonic hound once haunted the area before the area became a suburb of Swindon.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9366
Large Dog
Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Old canal bridge between Shrivenham Road and Drakes Way
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1988
Further Comments: It was reported that a large dog with red eyes was seen by three people over a two day period. The hound appeared unable to cross an old metal bridge.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2021-05-27
Last updated: 2021-05-27
ID: #14214
Black Dog
Location: Swindon (Wiltshire) - Road between Moredon and Haydon Wick
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The road between these two locations was once believed to be the haunt of a shuck.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9367
Guard Dog
Location: Swinscoe (Staffordshire) - Leek to Ashbourne road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The site where three Jacobites are buried is haunted by a large black hound that ensures their graves are not disturbed.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2007-05-13
Last updated: 2007-05-13
ID: #7459
Velvet Chain
Location: Tarrant Gunville (Dorset) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: An invisible dog runs around this area, with a chain as soft as velvet. One would imagine this makes it one of the hardest entities to detect in the whole of the UK. A legend says that a clump of yew trees in the region of the village conceal a silver table.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-06-28
Last updated: 2009-06-28
ID: #9544
Lady Howard
Location: Tavistock (Devon) - Fitzford House driveway, heading towards Okehampton
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Lady Howard is said to have poisoned two of her four husbands, and now takes the form of a large black dog with a single eye which departs the driveway of Fitzford House, followed by a carriage pulled by headless horses, heading towards Okehampton Castle. Once they reach their destination, Lady Howard plucks a single blade of grass and then returns home, doomed to repeat the action until there is no grass left and she is released.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2018-05-28
Last updated: 2018-05-28
ID: #12854
Black Dog Lies near Bed
Location: Theydon Bois (Essex) - Hill Hall
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: Never returning since the destruction of the building, a large black dog was seen on several occasions, lying across the beds.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #764
Banishing the Dog
Location: Thorne St Margaret (Somerset) - Church
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ancient custom of 'clipping the church' once preceded the chasing of the black dog, which was thought to be Satan, out of the village's boundary.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-24
Last updated: 2011-04-24
ID: #10263
Horse sized Dog
Location: Thorney (Cambridgeshire) - Woods in the area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Summer only (reoccurring)
Further Comments: This great dog is said to be the size of a small horse, also sharing a few other equestrian characteristics.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-09
Last updated: 2003-01-09
ID: #3521
Bloody Tongue
Location: Thornton, Bradford (West Yorkshire) - Jim Craven Well
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Though the exact location of the well has now been lost, it was guarded by a large black hound with glowing red eyes, known as 'Bloody Tongue'. The beast was sometimes accompanied by the ghost of an old hag with a storm lantern.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2003-04-13
Last updated: 2003-04-13
ID: #4110
Barguest
Location: Throstlenest (Durham) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Little is known about the Throstlenest shuck, which patrols the area between Darlington and Houghton.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-27
Last updated: 2002-10-27
ID: #2832
Vanishing Shuck
Location: Thurton (Norfolk) - Near the village, precise details unknown
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: November 1944 or 1945
Further Comments: While cycling home, a witness reported that a large black dog had leapt out in front of him, before disappearing through a solid wall.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #723
Barking Hound
Location: Tiree (Argyll and Bute) - Cladach a Chrogain beach
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This harbinger of doom, known locally as a Cusith, was renowned for its barking - if it yapped once or twice, it was a sign everything was okay, but three times warned of incoming danger for the listener or their family. Some people believe that the creature can become semi-human in appearance.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-21
Last updated: 2002-10-21
ID: #2787
Cu Sith
Location: Tiree (Argyll and Bute) - Unknown
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Two boys spending the night in a shieling hut were awoken by the sound of a large creature on the roof howling. When dawn came and they ventured out, they discovered the large prints of a Cu Sith on the turf roof.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2012-06-10
Last updated: 2012-06-10
ID: #10926
Pack of Hounds
Location: Todmorden (West Yorkshire) - Area between Todmorden and Mankinholes
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)
Further Comments: Wailing at the moon, this pack of devil dogs, known locally as Gabriel Ratchets' run over both land and water looking for people to terrify.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2004-12-01
Last updated: 2004-12-01
ID: #5683
Dog as Large as a Bike
Location: Tollesbury (Essex) - On the route to Jordan's Green, along the lane that leads up to Gorwell Hall.
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1920s
Further Comments: Shuck sightings appear quite common in this area. This encounter involved a woman coming face to face with a black dog with a bright red tongue, which was as large as her bicycle. It chased her (or ran alongside her, according to other stories) as she peddled down the road, disappearing soon after.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #453
Snapping and Snarling Black Dog
Location: Tolleshunt D'Arcy (Essex) - B1026 coast road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1960s
Further Comments: A cyclist reported being attacked by a large black dog while travelling down the coast road. Leaping off his bike to scare the animal, it disappeared before his eyes.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #452
Black Dog
Location: Torrington (Devon) - Torrington/Bideford road
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This wish hound has been seen running along this stretch of road.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-12-27
Last updated: 2003-12-27
ID: #4900
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