Today's offering from Cave Mouth is about the legend of the Barghest. If you've been here a while, you'll know I have quite the enthusiasm for this folkloric creature. It's one the most terrifying things to hail from my home county of Yorkshire, after all. (If you're interested, there's an Art of the Barghest post… Continue reading Barghest
Since I was small, I've been fascinated with the idea of a demonic black hound, the size of a yearling calf with eyes the colour of hell fire, haunting the dark, lonely moors and lanes of England. Also, the fact it's a legend most commonly associated with my home county of Yorkshire is something that… Continue reading Art Of The Barghest
I doubt that I'm the only one who's had a life-long fascination with monstrous black dogs. In the North of England, our legendary black dog goes by the name Barghest, and is considered to be an omen of death. According to legend, if you hear the beast howl, death will be taking you shortly. I… Continue reading Black Shuck Discovery
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 