Black Dogs and ABCs Linked to Specific Topographical Features. Black dogs traditionally patrol certain stretches of road, appearing as harbinger of death or traveler companion Black dogs often haunt bridges, gateways, graveyards, and liminal places linked to sacred landscape Steve Moore analyzed Shooters Hill, East London using Taoist yin-yang principles
Research mapped East Anglian black dog legends & found they follow rivers. Analysis linked yin traits—marshes, hollows, cemeteries—to Shooters Hill sightings 🌊
Key facts claimed:
- Black dogs traditionally patrol certain stretches of road, appearing as harbinger of death or traveler companion
- Black dogs often haunt bridges, gateways, graveyards, and liminal places linked to sacred landscape
- Shooters Hill, East London analyzed using Taoist yin-yang principles
- Yin energy characteristic of watery low-lying areas, hollows, caves, tunnels, cemeteries, and places of chthonic darkness
- Yang energy intensified by elevations, pointed mountains, and straight lines
Key Facts
- Black dogs traditionally patrol certain stretches of road, appearing as harbinger of death or traveler companion
- Black dogs often haunt bridges, gateways, graveyards, and liminal places linked to sacred landscape
- Steve Moore analyzed Shooters Hill, East London using Taoist yin-yang principles
- Yin energy characteristic of watery low-lying areas, hollows, caves, tunnels, cemeteries, and places of chthonic darkness
- Yang energy intensified by elevations, pointed mountains, and straight lines
- Shooters Hill area has strongly yin quality from marshy land, meandering River Quaggy paths, and several brooks
- Suffolk folklorist Ivan Bun plotted black dog legends and sightings in East Anglia on map of rivers; they follow water courses closely
Source: The Strange Topography of Big Cat Sightings | Merrily Harpur | Megalithomania 2007 | Audio Only by MegalithomaniaUK