The Paranormal Database

Black Hound

Location: Laugharne (Dyfed) - Area around Pant-y-Madog
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fortunately for any witnesses, this member of the Cwn Annwn is reported to be harmless as it runs between castle and town, although on one occasion it screamed so loudly that a witness thought the ground was moving beneath her feet.

Padfoot

Location: Leeds (West Yorkshire) - Area between Wreghorn (?) and Headingly Hill
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This creature, a midnight black dog the size of a donkey, would bring bad luck and misfortune to all who saw it. It was also always heard when a local person of some importance died - his howls and barks would cause all the mortal dogs in the neighbourhood to also howl.

Gabble Retchets

Location: Leeds (West Yorkshire) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These local devil dogs were believed to be the souls of those who were not baptised as children and have returned to haunt their parents.

Black Hound

Location: Leeds (West Yorkshire) - Roundhay Park
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Photographed (or not) in 2019
Further Comments: This park, like many in Yorkshire, is reputedly home to a large demonic black hound. A photographed was published by the local press in 2019 which claimed to show the entity but was more likely to be a dog being walked by its owner.

Shag Dog

Location: Leicester (Leicestershire) - Kilby Road (was once Black Lane)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Black lane was patrolled by a large black dog with bright eyes and a large, fanged mouth which glowed like burning coals. It once saved a local girl from being attacked by a robber.

Hound

Location: Leigh (Dorset) - Bailey Ridge
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This is another site in Dorset reported to be home to the large, black devil dog.

Shuck Skeleton?

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Leiston Abbey
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 2014
Further Comments: The remains of a hound seven foot (2 metres) long were unearthed on the abbey grounds. Because of the proximity to the village of Bungay, some media outlets claimed the remains belonged to the Black Shuck. An old local legend says the area was home to the large black dog.

Leiston Churchyard, Suffolk.

Gallytrot Leaping over Wall

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Near Churchyard
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century
Further Comments: Seen by Lady Rendlesham and Lady Walsingham, the shuck appeared at midnight, leapt over the low churchyard wall, and disappeared towards the sand hills.

Calf Sized Dog

Location: Leverton (Lincolnshire) - Road between village and Wrangle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Early twentieth century or December 2002
Further Comments: An early twentieth century witness reported seeing this creature several times over the years, always when cycling at night between the two villages. A more recent witness heard howling and spotted two red eyes - after the witness's uncle died a short time later, they believed what they had encountered had been a shuck.

Headless Hound

Location: Leweston (Dorset) - Junction north of Stokebridge Farm
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom dog with no head is reputed to cross a country lane close to the farm.

White Dog

Location: Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island) (Northumberland) - Lindisfarne Castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This large hound is said to jump from the castle ruins at people, before slinking back from where it came.

Black Hound

Location: Lismire (County Cork) - Road between village and Bawnmore
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A man cutting turf along this road just after dusk was approached by a large phantom hound. The presence worried the man, so he quickly left. It was speculated he was digging close to buried treasure, and phantom animal protecting the hoard.

White Hound of Feens

Location: Littlewick Green (Berkshire) - Wooded area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1985 / 1986
Further Comments: A legend says this hound, which can be heard howling in the night, is sometimes accompanied by a young lady in grey on horseback. She, in turn, has been known to ride with a wild hunt called the Dorcas Noble, while trying to win the heart of a former boyfriend. A large white hound was seen in the area during the 1980s - the size of an Irish Wolfhound, during one encounter the creature vanished as if running behind a black sheet.

Cwn Annwn

Location: Llanhilleth (Gwent) - Unidentified road in the area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Cwn Annwn, a pack of hell hounds, were heard as they passed a local man as he walked home. The invisible dogs were heading towards the nearby river.

Grey Hound

Location: Long Mynd (Shropshire) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Said to be of immense size, a large grey hound was believed to haunt the area after dark.

Coach Crash

Location: Long Newnton? (Gloucestershire) - Jackament's Bottom - was a farm between Kemble and Badminton
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: 1835
Further Comments: A coach crash which occurred here killing the driver was reported to have been caused when a phantom dog appeared; its presence made the horses bolt which upset the carriage.

Devil Dog

Location: Longbridge Deverill (Wiltshire) - Cow Down
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Exact date unknown - Palm Sunday
Further Comments: This hound, believed by some to be the Devil, appeared during one annual festival. The terrified attendees fled the scene, and the party was never held again.

Fire Breathing Hound

Location: Lough Derg (County Tipperary) - Castle Biggs
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This abomination with cloven hooves protects a hidden hoard of treasure somewhere near this house.

Hound

Location: Ludgershall (Wiltshire) - Collingbourne Woods
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom dog is said to haunt this wooded area, though no witnesses exist.

Lulworth Cove, Dorset.

Dark Hound

Location: Lulworth Cove (Dorset) - General area
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: A phantom black dog, possibly a shuck, is said to haunt this area.

Faery Dog

Location: Luskentyre (Outer Hebrides) - Area of beach
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This hound has been known to leave oversized paw prints on the damp sand which vanish suddenly halfway across the beach.

Gallows hound.

Dog on Fire

Location: Luton (Bedfordshire) - Galley Hill
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Eighteenth century
Further Comments: During a storm, the gallows that once stood here were hit by lightning - a large fire quickly took hold around the area, and the witnesses who quickly arrived on the scene reported seeing a large black dog in the middle of the blaze running around the flames. The entity suddenly vanished.

Missing Corner

Location: Lyme Regis (Dorset) - Old Black Dog Hotel (was the Black Dog public house)
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Corner incident unknown, phantom last seen 1959
Further Comments: The shuck which lives here is reported to have knocked off the corner of the pub while passing by one night. The shuck was last seen in 1959 and was described as the size of a calf with glowing red eyes.

White Dog

Location: Macclesfield (Cheshire) - South of railway station
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: November 2011, around 21:45
Further Comments: Departing the station, this train driver reported seeing a white misty dog move quickly across the track from left to right. One side of the railway stands a six metre high wall, while on the other a 3.5 metre high mesh fence - nowhere where the dog could have come from or disappeared to.

An old magic lantern slide of Leeds Castle in Maidstone, Kent.

Black Dog

Location: Maidstone (Kent) - Leeds Castle
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Prior to a death or grave misfortune
Further Comments: This shuck is only an ill omen for those who see him and live at the castle.