Legendary Hound

The famous spectral hound sighted at Peel Castle, Douglas, on the Isle of Man, where it used to stand guard. The dog, a shaggy black spaniel, would enter the guard room as soon as the candles were lit and lay down before the fire, and leave at day-break. It terrified both the inhabitants of the castle as well as those who sought to attack it. While the dog was present, the soldiers forbore all oaths and profane talk. One soldier, with drunken bravado, ventured out alone, and lost his speech and died three days later. The Moddey dhoo was never seen afterwards.