| SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
| Location: | Coltishall, NORFOLK |
| Legend: | Old Shuck is said to amble, headless, over Coltishall Bridge. (1) "A headless dog with saucer eyes is said to pass nightly over Coltishall Bridge.." (2) |
| Sources: | (1) W. A. Dutt: 'The Norfolk Broads' (Methuen, 1903), p.
unknown. (2) Rev. J. Gunn: 'Proverbs etc..in..Irstead', in 'Norfolk Archaeology' Vol. 2 (1849), p. 300. |
| Place Name: | Coltishall - OE 'Cohhede's or Coccede's corner/nook' |
| Other: | The Coltishall/Horstead parish boundary runs under the bridge [TG26701976.] |
| Location: | On Coltishall Bridge |
| Encounter: | "Another account [from the 1933 BBC radio programme 'The Dark Shore'] came from a middle-aged couple from Coltishall, who after a stroll on a fine summer evening had stopped on Coltishall Bridge. The man was just striking a match to light his wife's cigarette when Black Shuck 'as big as a calf and as noiseless as death' passed by within a foot of them." |
| Source: | G. McEwan: 'Mystery Animals of Britain & Ireland' (Hale, 1986), p. 126. |
| Location: | On Coltishall Bridge |
| Encounter: | "Lately I investigated occurrences [of 'Black Shuck'] in East Anglia. Mr. Robert Norgate and Miss Agnes Abel of Horstead swear that Shuck passed them one evening on Coltishall Bridge. Both heard pattering feet and heavy breathing. Both looked sharply to see what was there." |
| Source: | James Wentworth Day: 'Black Shuck', in the 'East Anglian Magazine', Vol. 21, No. 11 (Sept. 1962), p. 640. |