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Location: Wissett, SUFFOLK
Legend: "About halfway along a narrow twisting lane called Mill Road is a part known locally as Sandy Hills, with a tiny bridge over a stream at the lowest point between the two hills [TM37467845.] It is this area where the ghostly hound Black Shuck, sometimes called the Shaggy Dog, is supposed to roam on dark nights, bringing misfortune to all who see him."

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Source: Patricia Willis: 'The Wraiths of Wissett', in the 'East Anglian Magazine' Vol. 41, No. 9 (July 1982), p. 392.
Place Name: Wissett - (Poss.) OE 'willow-fold'
Other: See encounter below.

Location: Wissett
Encounter: "One lady reported that he [the ghostly dog] ran out in front of her bicycle [in Mill Road, perhaps at bridge TM37467845] one evening and appeared to pass mysteriously through her front wheel."
Source: As above.

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