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Black Shuck

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Painted illustration: huge shaggy black dog on a windswept East Anglian coast at night
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
Title page of Abraham Fleming's 1577 pamphlet about the black dog seen at the church in Bungay, Suffolk.
Title page of Abraham Fleming's 1577 pamphlet about the black dog seen at the church in Bungay, Suffolk · Abraham Fleming · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source

A ghostly black dog said to roam the coast and countryside of East Anglia.

Folklore Verdict: One of Britain's best-known black-dog legends.

Region
Europe · United Kingdom (England)
First reports
English folklore

Key sightings

Best evidence

Stories and tradition only; no physical evidence.

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