Phantom Black Dogs Research Paper

Hell Hounds: Guardians of the Dead In his absolutely definitive book, “Explore Phantom Black Dogs”, the author and researcher Bob Trubshaw wrote the following: ‘The folklore of phantom black dogs’, is known throughout the British Isles. From the black shuck of East Anglia to the Mauthe Dhoog of the Isle of Man there are tales of huge spectral hounds ‘darker than the night sky’ with eyes ‘glowing red as burning coals.’ Hell Hound myths are known around the world, however, while a number of intriguing theories exist to explain the presence and nature of such spectral-like beasts, certainly the most ominous is that they represent some form of precursor to- or instigator of- doom, tragedy and death.
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Such is the popularity of the Bungay legend, that it has resulted in an image of the beast being incorporated into the town’s coat of arms – and the Black Dogs is the name of Bungay Town Football Club.
The stark, disturbing and memorable image that the infamous devil dog, or the phantom hound, as described above undoubtedly conjures up is that of a definitively sinister beast that stealthily prowls the towns and villages of ancient England by nothing more than silvery moonlight or to the accompanying background of a violent, crashing thunderstorm. It is, however, a little known fact outside of dedicated students of the phenomenon that sightings of such creatures have also taken place in modern times: in both the 20th and 21st centuries.
First, there is the story of the Bradley family of the city of Leeds who had the very deep misfortune to encounter one of the now-familiar hounds of Hell in early 2009: at no less a site than the English city of Lichfields famous and historic cathedral; which has the distinction of being the only English cathedral to be adorned with three