Black Shuck Pillows

This local verse from Suffolk, England commemorates the Black Shuck that terrorized the people there in 1577. 4 August 1577, during a raging thunderstorm a massive black dog bursts into St. Mary's church in Bungay, Suffolk, England and kills 2 church members during Sunday service and mauls a third. Then the church's steeple is struck by lightning and collapses. The beast continues to the Holy Trinity Church in Blythburough and kills 3 church members there. As it exits it leaves claw marks scorched into the wooden door. Dubbed the Black Shuck the hellish hound is said to haunt East Anglia England.

4 August 1577, during a raging thunderstorm a massive black dog bursts into St. Mary's church in Bungay, Suffolk, England and kills 2 church members during Sunday service and mauls a third. Then the church's steeple is struck by lightning and collapses. The beast continues to the Holy Trinity Church in Blythburough and kills 3 church members there. As it exits it leaves claw marks scorched into the wooden door. Dubbed the Black Shuck the hellish hound is said to haunt East Anglia England.

Don't let the light catch you

I live in Suffolk, UK and there are a lot of folklore tales about a big black dog, sometimes with red eyes. In our area, we call him Shuck or Black Shuck. He haunts the country lanes at night.

Original Beasts of Britain - 'Nessie Design' - design by Jesse James Durdel (Taken from the book: BEASTS OF BRITAIN, by Andy McGrath - https://amzn.eu/d/aEuAggo )

I wanted to show these wonderful creatures throwing shapes and letting loose. It's about that feeling when you find your tribe and you can finally be yourself, however strange you are! Let your freak flag fly! I'm currently doing a Kick-starter on this, so come get some pins and stickers!

Ink sketch of a churchyard grim. Check out the rest of my ink album!

Black Shuck is the mysterious hell-hound of olde English legend either a harbinger of doom or a ghostly guardian. And here he is, ready to make friends, or eat your head. One or the other.

The legendary black dog of the British isles

One of my traditional ink pieces. This is based on the myths and lore of large ghost dogs/wolves from cultures around the world.