Earth Hounds

 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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Island of ghosts and dinosaurs

 The Isle of Wight, which is a small island off the south coast of England, has been called the "dinosaur capital" because of the vast amount of dinosaur bones found there. More dinosaur bones have been found on the Isle of Wight than on mainland Britain! New species of dinosaur have been uncovered often. Last year, they found the bones of a new dinosaur called Vectaerovenator inopinatus, that lived during the Cretaceous era. It is a European relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex!

As a kid I visited the island and spent Summer holidays over there, seeing places such as the Victorian theme park called Blackgang Chine. It's attractions vary from dinosaurs to pirates and nursery rhymes. Over the past two hundred years, a lot of the region has fallen into the sea due to unstable ground that keeps eroding. This is just sad when that happens. So the park has to keep changing and moving.

If that isn't all, the island is also nicknamed "Ghost island." There are many haunted locations, and one is a lighthouse called St Catherine's that is shaped like a tower chess piece. There is also a haunted ruin and an appearing manor house that no longer exists. People have witnessed ghosts of Roman soldiers, pirates, phantom ships, ghost trains, and much more. There are many haunted buildings and haunted locations outside and along the beach. Things couldn't be stranger, when sightings of a Loch Ness type of monster has been seen in the waters around the island.  

More on the Isle of Wight's magic and history:

Ghost Island

Dinosaur Isle

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