Episode 195: Black Dogs and Mystery Canids

It's almost Halloween!! Our Halloween episode this year is all about some of the legends of ghostly black dogs in the UK and some other parts of the world, as well as some canid mysteries we haven't covered before. Thanks again to Pranav for the suggestion! This is your last chance to enter the book giveaway! You have until October 31, 2020, and that night at midnight (my time, Eastern daylight savings, or more likely when I wake up on November 1) I will randomly draw a name from all the people who have entered. To enter, just send me a message by email or Twitter or Facebook, or some other way. The contest is open to anyone in the world and if you win I'll send you a signed copy of my books Skytown and Skyway, along with stickers and other fun stuff! I will mention that I haven't actually received that many entries so you have a good chance of winning. The pages I mentioned in this episode: Books I've Written, List of Animals, List of Cryptids, My Wishlist Page with Mailing Address I've unlocked a few Patreon episodes for anyone to listen to, no login required: The Horse-Eel The Hook Island Sea Monster The Minnesota Iceman Further reading: Shuckland Trailing the Hounds of Hell - Black Dogs, Wish Hounds, and Other Canine Phantasms The Lore and Legend of the Black Dog The Mystery of North America's Black Wolves The Beast of Bungay according to the artist employed by Abraham Fleming (left) and the church door that supposedly shows burnt scratch marks from the beast's claws (right): A short-eared dog AKA the ghost dog: A Himalayan wolf: A dhole, closest relation to the "ghost population" of extinct canids: A black wolf (photo by Andy Skillen, and I got it from the black wolf article linked to above): Show Transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. It’s finally Halloween, and we have an episode that’s as spooky as it gets. It’s also a little unusual, because we’re going to learn about a folklore animal called the black dog, which isn’t a real dog or a real animal. But we’ll also learn about some canid mysteries we haven’t covered before, especially some mysteries associated with wolves. This is a suggestion from Pranav, who wanted to hear about more mystery canids after episode 80. As always before our Halloween episode, let’s take care of some housekeeping. First, I’ve unlocked some Patreon episodes for anyone to listen to. The links are in the show notes and you can click through and listen on your browser, no login required. This time we have episodes about the horse-eel, the Hook Island Sea Monster, and the Minnesota Iceman. Next,