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the spectral hound of northern England whose appearance meant someone's funeral was already booked
black dogA huge shaggy beast with saucer-sized glowing eyes
death omenSeeing it foretold death in the family
clanking ghostOften heard dragging rattling chains at night
shapeshifterCould appear as a headless man or white cat
name rootsPossibly from German 'Bergeist,' meaning mountain spirit