The Dartmoor hound
Here, for all those of you, who love the "Hound of the Baskervilles",
Is an article, which appeared in "Notes and Queries in May 1851.
The Heath Hounds
"The brutende heer are sometimes heard near Dartmoor, and are known by the
appellation of hell-hounds. They were heard in the parish of St Mary Tavy several years ago, by an old man called Roger Burn; he was working in the fields, when he suddenly heard the baying of the hounds, the shouts and the horn of the huntsman, and the cracking of the whip. "
Black Shuck, a great dog, not always associated with the Wild Hunt, but
sometimes so. It's especially recorded in the wild counties.
Norfolk is another one. The same source....
"This phantom i have heard many persons in East Norfolk
And even Cambridgeshire, describe as a black shaggy dog with fiery eyes, and of immense size, who visits churchyards at midnight.One witness nearly fainted away at seeing it, and on bringing his neighbours to see the place...he found a large spot
as if gunpowder had been exploded there. A lane in the parish of Overstrand
Is called, after him, Shuck's Lane."
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