Weird Norfolk: The ghostly black dog of Cromer
Just a stone’s throw from the swallowed town of Shipden and Cromer’s famous pier, local folklore tells of a ghost dog that haunts the beach, waiting where the waves break on the sand for an owner who never returned from the sea.
Witnesses tell of a large black dog – missing the glowing red saucer eyes of the county’s famous Black Shuck, so a different beast altogether – which can be spotted close to the surf, seemingly staring out to sea. When approached, the hound simply vanishes into thin air, like a fading sea fret.
