"New" Shuck stories courtesy of the Paranormal Database monthly update.....

Is there anything creepier than an animal spectre?  Particularly when it is seen doing an un-animal-like thing, such as walking on two legs?  I've always been intrigued by ghostly dog/shuck stories, dating back to the first time I read Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Tinderbox.'  See earlier entries 'The Beast of Brymbo' and 'The Black Dogs of South Mountain.'

What is a Shuck?

What is a Padfoot?

These stories have spellbound listeners for centuries, even millennia, but even in our modern, 'enlightened' technological 21st century, new sightings and stories are still being reported.  Here are a few stories that were posted on Paranormal Database just during the last month or so.

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Postman's Dog

A postman in Wales reported that every night, at the Ewenny crossroads where one road leads to Ogmore, he would watch as a large phantom black dog appeared, moving purposefully as if it were on a mission.  It made no sound as it passed.  This story may date to the nineteenth century.

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 Trotting Dog

Also in Wales, a predictable but elusive Shuck is said to appear every night at midnight at the crossroads between Bridgend and Laleston.  This haunting is ongoing.  People who have attempted to follow the hound-like creature have always lost sight of it, despite their efforts.

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 Changing Entity

In Durham, the area of Glassensikes (river) and Harewood Hill was once said to be haunted by a large black dog which could sometimes change into a rabbit, a white cat, a headless woman, or a flaming headless man.  The age of this legend is unknown.

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 Padfoot

At Horbury in Yorkshire, in the area of Jenkin Road, a man returning home caught a glimpse of a white dog in the hedgerow.  He struck at it with a stick, which passed straight through the dog.  The dog didn't flee, but turned around and stared at the man.  He ran home, where he became sick and later died.  This shuck is said to sometimes run around on two legs.  Catching sight of it is considered to be a portent of death.
This legend dates at least as far back as the nineteenth century.

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 White Lass Beck

A stream near Thirsk in Yorkshire has long been said to be haunted by the spirit of a maid who was murdered in the area, in the nineteenth century or earlier.  Her body was found buried in a gravel pit.  White Lass Beck appears as a woman dressed in white, but also has taken the form of a white dog or a white cow.


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