| SHUCKLAND Introduction Alphabetical List of Locations | |
| Location: | Happisburgh, NORFOLK |
| Encounter: | A mother and her daughter were going home from a relative's house one moonlit night when they encountered "'A master gret old dog...a gret shucky thing nearly as big as a calf...down by the Pulk Hole'." It made no sound "'neither coming nor going'", then it "'sort o' disappeared like'." For a while afterwards, the mother felt very nervous. |
| Source: | Letter from Grace Potter in the 'Eastern Daily Press', 7/3/1953. |
| Comments: | The story is from a conversation between the mother and another person, overheard by Grace Potter of Happisburgh. |
| Place Name: | Happisburgh - OE 'Haep's fortified place/fort' |
| Other: | In Norfolk dialect, a 'pulk hole' is a muddy pool. |