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Location: Bale area, NORFOLK
Legend: "I was told that it roams the meadows and lanes here and down towards the coast looking for its master who was a sailor lost at sea...I have heard the 'Old Shuck' described as a shaggy old sheepdog - a huge black dog with red eyes and always large in size. Never has it harmed anyone."
Source: Letter from Mrs. Joan Puchala to me, 1/9/1983.
Place Name: Bale - OE 'bath, hot spring - glade, meadow'
Other: See encounters below.
Location: In Clip Street Lane, Bale
Encounter:

"This ghostly 'Shuck Dog' was seen - or so I have been told by an elderly aunt - by my grandmother only a few yards from the gate of my bungalow [c.TG014370, in a 'green lane' called Clip Street Lane] which was originally built for my grandmother. Most of the folks who would have confirmed all this are now dead including my grandmother, however these stories are very real to me having heard of them from early childhood days. But only today my aunt was recalling the happenings that I have told you here."

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Source: As above.
Comments: This and the following encounters probably took place in the early 20th century.
Location: In Clip Street Lane, Bale
Encounter: "The creature was also seen in the lane by two gentlemen."
Source: As above.
Comments: This probably took place in the early 20th century.
Location: In Clip Street Lane, Bale
Encounter: "I have also been told that the creature was running beside a cyclist who kicked out at it but nothing was there. (It just disappeared but had glaring eyes.)"
Source: As above.
Comments: This probably took place in the early 20th century.

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