A violent storm struck Suffolk on 4 August 1577 and with it the legendary Black Shuck burst into St Mary's Church, Bungay and later Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, slaughtering parishioners and leaving scorch-marks on church doors forever dubbed “the devil’s fingerprints.” This tale of thunder, fire, and a spectral hound haunts East Anglian folklore. A ghost dog that still prowls lonely lanes when lightning splits the sky.

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Research Links:

https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/articles/the-legend-of-the-bungay-black-dog

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Shuck

https://www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk/about/history/bungay-history-the-black-dog/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-devils-fingerprints

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/culture/celebrating-black-shuck-the-nightmare-hound-of-east-anglia/

https://www.thebarkingbugle.co.uk/the-black-dog-of-east-anglia/

https://www.thestrangeways.co.uk/2019/06/bad-dog-black-shuck-of-suffolk.html

https://dannyechase.com/blog/blackshuck/

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"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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