Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Cratloe (County Clare) - Woodland
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: To be followed or escorted by this black hound would result in misfortune soon after the encounter.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2022-08-01
Last updated: 2022-08-01
ID: #14589
Location: Creag an Ordain (Highland) - B869, between Stoer and Lochinver
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: On closer examination, this shuck has the horrible face of a person, with little devil-like horns. If it barks more than two times, disaster will follow shortly.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-19
Last updated: 2002-06-19
ID: #1330
Location: Cricklade (Wiltshire) - Abingdon Park Lane
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1940s
Further Comments: A Woman's Institute member encountered a ghost dog here, terrifying her.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9357
Location: Crockerton (Wiltshire) - Unnamed road in the area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This ghostly hound was said to be able to blow fire from its nose.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9361
Off the coast of Cromer, Norfolk.
Location: Cromer (Norfolk) - Off the coast of Cromer
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local child befriended a 'stray' black dog and took the creature swimming in the ocean - while out over deep water the dog changed into a human and tried to drown the youngster. Another version of the tale states the dog does not transform, but merely barks and growls, preventing the child from swimming back to land. In both versions, the child is saved by the intervention of sailors.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2001-09-06
Last updated: 2001-09-06
ID: #343
Cliff paths around Cromer, Norfolk.
Location: Cromer (Norfolk) - Cliff Paths
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Many people have reported seeing the black shuck in this area of Norfolk, with the local populace claiming the creature is the ghost of a dog whose master drowned just off the Cromer coast.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2004-10-01
Last updated: 2004-10-01
ID: #19
Location: Cwmbran (Gwent) - The Chapel, St Dials
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A local legend says that this area was home to a large black dog which hunted souls. A local minister faced the hound and banished it after smacking the creature between the eyes with a bible. The story found renewed interest in 2022 after the chapel sold at auctions for fifty-three thousand pounds.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2013-04-07
Last updated: 2022-03-31
ID: #11334
White cat (public domain).
Location: Darlington (Durham) - Glassensikes (stream or river) and Harewood Hill area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The large black dog once said to haunt this area could also take the form of a flaming headless man, a headless woman, a white cat, or a rabbit.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2016-03-13
Last updated: 2016-03-13
ID: #12060
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Dewerstone Woods
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A Wisht huntsman, Dewer would chase people up the highest crag in the area and leave them to fall to their deaths - if the drop did not kill them, the unfortunates would be consumed by hell hounds waiting at the bottom.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2012-11-04
Last updated: 2012-11-04
ID: #11165
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to have inspired the famous 'Hound of the Baskervilles', several phantoms are held to blame for this creature (including Drake (for his dealings with the devil) and Richard Cabell (a man so evil that he now hunts children with his devil dogs!)).
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-05-08
Last updated: 2002-05-08
ID: #945
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - General area of the River Tavy
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These variants of the shuck, complete with hunters on horseback, have been heard running in this area after dark. Part of the Tavy is also said to be haunted by the ghost of Sir John Fitz, whose body was found in the river.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2002-10-27
Last updated: 2002-10-27
ID: #2835
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Marchant's Cross
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Led by Drake, this pack of hounds patrol the area.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2003-12-27
Last updated: 2003-12-27
ID: #4888
Location: Dartmoor (Devon) - Wistman's Wood, one mile north of Two Bridges
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Large black dogs are rumoured to hunt in this area of the moors - they once killed the son of a farmer. In the same area, a procession of white clad figures could be seen walking through the wood, following the path of what was once a well-used funeral route.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2002-06-08
Last updated: 2024-07-11
ID: #1124
Location: Dean Combe (Devon) - Area near waterfall
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The ghost of a local weaver metamorphosed into a great black dog when the village vicar threw consecrated earth into his face - the hound was then taken to a pool by the waterfall and instructed to only harass people once it had emptied the water using a small, cracked shell.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-10-27
Last updated: 2002-10-27
ID: #2831
Location: Deane Water Bottom (Wiltshire) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2008
Further Comments: The phantom black dog that haunted this area was believed by some to be a former murderer, or the Devil. The dog was said to have been banished in 1931, after a local Reverend buried some bones in the churchyard which had been discovered in a cottage, although it has been seen since, most recently in 2008 by a witness who described it as having an abnormally shiny coat and a spiked collar.
Source:
Historical Record, User Submission
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9355
Location: Deanscombe (Devon) - Pool in the area (houndpool?)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Said to briefly appear at midday and midnight (reoccurring)
Further Comments: A weaver returned to continue work after he died, refusing to leave until a vicar convinced the weaver he was dead. The weaver transformed into a hound and was taken to a pool of water by the vicar, who issued the dog with a broken shell and told the creature he could only leave when the pool was emptied.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2018-05-28
Last updated: 2018-05-28
ID: #12855
Location: Diamor (County Meath) - Moat
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A secret room in the moat was said to contain nine kegs of gold protected by a large black dog with a white spot. The only way to escape with the gold was to stab the dog three times with a dagger to the white spot.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2019-05-01
Last updated: 2019-05-01
ID: #13188
Location: Ditchingham (Norfolk) - Halfway between Ditchingham and the Maltings
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1938
Further Comments: While returning home late one night, a male witness saw a large black dog walking along the same path towards him. He stepped into the middle of the road to let it pass, only to see it disappear once close to him.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #708
A dirt path on the Downs between Ditchling and Westmeston.
Location: Ditchling (Sussex) - Road between town & Westmeston, and nearby downs
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The local shucks, known as wish hounds, reportedly stalk these roads. One of them is said to be headless.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2002-07-17
Last updated: 2002-07-17
ID: #1795
Location: Doneraile (County Cork) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The lands around Doneraile are home to a phantom pack of hounds, sometimes heard but not seen and at other times observed in silence. On one occasion, a witness spotted a rider leading the pack, leading to speculation that a former lord of the manor had not yet realised he should have passed over.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2024-05-26
Last updated: 2024-05-26
ID: #15418
Location: Donhead St Mary (Wiltshire) - Watery Lane
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1950s
Further Comments: The hound that haunted this road was not thought to be harmful, though the locals were said to be afraid of travelling here at night.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2009-05-31
Last updated: 2009-05-31
ID: #9368
Location: Donohill (County Tipperary) - Road outside rectory
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A black dog haunted this stretch of road, although there have been no sightings for at least one hundred years.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2011-04-30
Last updated: 2011-04-30
ID: #10405
Location: Down St Mary (Devon) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This dark hound reportedly patrols the village from dusk until dawn.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2004-05-03
Last updated: 2004-05-03
ID: #5104
Location: Droylsden (Greater Manchester) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A hunting pack of black dogs are reported to chase the unwary in this area of Lancashire.
Source:
Needs Review
First added: 2003-05-31
Last updated: 2003-05-31
ID: #4279
Location: Drumcliff (aka Drumcliffe) (County Clare) - Exact location not known
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Once thought to haunt this area, the phantom black hound would appear to be mostly forgotten about.
Source:
Historical Record
First added: 2022-08-01
Last updated: 2022-08-01
ID: #14590