Black Shuck, a Norfolk legend.
21st September 2015
For hundreds of years legend has told of a huge black dog that haunts North Norfolk’s quiet lanes and marshes, terrorising unwary nocturnal travellers. This Norfolk legend has become known as ‘Black Shuck’ the devil's dog. The word ‘Shuck’ probably derived from the old Anglo Saxon word ‘Scucca’ meaning devil or demon.
Those unlucky enough to see him will either have bad luck or even worse befall them or their family members. Shuck usually appears as a huge black hound with glowing red eyes and he has been reported to follow and sometimes appear to those who are foolish enough to be abroad at night on these lonely lanes and marsh tracks.
I have read about this Norfolk legend for many years and I must admit to being a devotee of a good well written ‘Ghost Story’, stories written by such luminaries as M.R.James for example.
I am certainly not a fan of this modern rubbish, full of blood, guts and screaming.
Recently I came across a novel written about this legend while I was browsing wildlife sites in North Norfolk. The book is written by Piers Warren a Norfolk wildlife film maker who obviously loves that part of the country.
If you like a good story of this genre, with the natural world as a backdrop, then this is definitely worth a read. If you are familiar with the North Norfolk coast around Blakeney, Cley and Salthouse then that is a bonus, but either way this book can become a real page turner. As the nights grow longer and Autumn tightens its grip, imagine yourself on the windswept North Norfolk coast, those 300 pages will not take long to read!
It is without doubt worth the £7.99 retail price.
It can be ordered on-line from www.black-shuck.co.uk.
Delivery is quick and reliable.
Those unlucky enough to see him will either have bad luck or even worse befall them or their family members. Shuck usually appears as a huge black hound with glowing red eyes and he has been reported to follow and sometimes appear to those who are foolish enough to be abroad at night on these lonely lanes and marsh tracks.
I have read about this Norfolk legend for many years and I must admit to being a devotee of a good well written ‘Ghost Story’, stories written by such luminaries as M.R.James for example.
I am certainly not a fan of this modern rubbish, full of blood, guts and screaming.
Recently I came across a novel written about this legend while I was browsing wildlife sites in North Norfolk. The book is written by Piers Warren a Norfolk wildlife film maker who obviously loves that part of the country.
If you like a good story of this genre, with the natural world as a backdrop, then this is definitely worth a read. If you are familiar with the North Norfolk coast around Blakeney, Cley and Salthouse then that is a bonus, but either way this book can become a real page turner. As the nights grow longer and Autumn tightens its grip, imagine yourself on the windswept North Norfolk coast, those 300 pages will not take long to read!
It is without doubt worth the £7.99 retail price.
It can be ordered on-line from www.black-shuck.co.uk.
Delivery is quick and reliable.