Among the spooky Hellhounds and Black dogs of legend and cryptozoology, there are the less known Earth Hounds. These creatures are often smaller than the phantom Black Dogs, but just as menacing and eerie. They were witnessed eating corpses in graveyards. Described as being like small dogs with dark fur, burrowing into the ground to look for the dead. A face of a dog, but with tusks and a very long tail. Many have claimed to witness these creatures in Scotland. Some think these are rats but these only resemble rats from a distance, close up they appear very different. Others think these could be moles but these animals don't burrow in graves to eat corpses and they don't have certain features like tusks. Another possibility is that this is a badger, that do burrow into the soil of graveyards, but they also lack the physical traits of the Earth Hound. People in the countryside would know what a badger looks like. The Earth Hounds were such a bad problem that it was known to have nests around graveyards and becoming pests. Whatever it is, the Earth Hound is a well deserved cryptid mystery.
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