1. Poogan
One of the oldest restaurants in Charleston, S.C., is haunted by a small pooch named Poogan. When the large Victorian house was converted into a restaurant in 1976, the owners left their dog behind, and Poogan, a neighborhood fixture, set up camp on the porch he'd always called home. The friendly pup greeted diners, and it was decided to name the restaurant Poogan's Porch after its canine mascot. When Poogan died in 1979, he was buried beside his porch, and today, employees often report seeing the dog napping in his favorite spot. Some diners even claim they've felt Poogan's ghost brush against their legs as he searches for table scraps.



2. Rudolph Valentino's dog
It's rumored that when Valentino, a great lover of dogs, died in a New York hospital on August 23, 1926, his dog Kabar, who was in Los Angeles, sensed the moment of death. At that precise moment three thousand miles across the country, Kabar let out such an unearthly howl that Beatrice Lillie who was driving past the estate heard it and almost drove off the road. Kabar would out live his master until February 2, 1929. A large lavish ceremony was held at the cemetery when he was laid to rest.



Besides running across Kabar at the cemetery, he was also encountered at Valentino's mansion on May 6th, 1948 when several spiritualists had gathered to celebrate Valentino's birthday. During the night, several mediums reported seeing the dog, and he supposedly leapt through a closed window. Kabar haunts the grounds and from time to time, can be seen inside the walls of the cemetery, pretty much doing what dogs do.



3. Johnny Morehouse and his dog
Johnny Morehouse and his dog haunt the Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. In l860, five year old Johnny fell into the Erie canal. Despite his faithful dog's efforts to pull him out, Johnny died. After the boy was buried, the dog maintained a vigil at the grave site, refusing food and water. The dog soon died from a broken heart (or dehydration and starvation). The special stone in which the large dog grieves over the dead child is usually decorated with trinkets, candy and dog toys. Reunited beyond the grave, Johnny and his dog roam the cemetery at night.



4. Black dog of the Hanging Hills
Local folklore says that this supernatural hound has been haunting the Hanging Hills of Connecticut near Hubbard Park for more than a century. The small black dog is described as friendly, but it's said to make no sound and leave no footprints.

According to the legend, to see the black dog the first time results in joy while a second sighting results in misfortune. Seeing the dog a third time is said to be a death omen, and at least six deaths have been blamed on the dog.

One of the first accounts of the Hanging Hills dog was written by geologist W.H.C. Pynchon and appeared in Connecticut Quarterly in 1898. According to his story, he was conducting research on a cliff with fellow geologist Herbert Marshall in 1891 when they both saw the dog. Pynchon had seen the dog before, while Marshall had seen the dog twice before but didn't believe in the legend. Shortly after encountering the pooch, Marshall slipped on ice and fell to his death. Sightings of the black dog continue today.



5. Terri Battin
For the past 6 years, a dog named Capitán has slept on the grave of his owner every night. His owner, Miguel Guzman died in 2006 and Capitan disappeared shortly after the family attended the funeral services. They searched everywhere and put out flyers to try and find him. But no one had seen him.The cemetary notified the family who promptly came to pick him up and take him home. But each night he would cry and scratch frantically at the door to go out and he wouldn't return home until morning!!



6. Preston
The Bellmont Hillsboro neighborhood in Nashville is said to be haunted by the friendly spirit of a boxer named Preston. According to local stories, the dog was accompanying a group of trick or treaters on Halloween more than 50 years ago when a 13 year old girl spotted her 7 year old brother picking up candy he'd dropped in the road. A car was speeding down the street toward him, so the girl darted into the road to save him, but Preston got there first.

The boxer knocked the boy from the car's path and took the brunt of the hit, which threw the dog into a nearby yard. The girl's brother was unharmed, so she went to look for Preston, but his body was never found.

Since then, each Halloween local children have reported being gently bumped onto the sidewalk when they step into the road. Today, that teenage girl is all grown up and still lives in the Bellmont Hillsboro neighborhood. It's said that she places a dog biscuit on her front porch every Halloween as a gift to the dog who died to save her brother.



7. Hound of Goshen
For more than 150 years, people have reported seeing a large white dog in the Ebenezer Church cemetery in Newberry, S.C., as well as along the 5 mile stretch of Buncombe Road that runs from Newberry to Goshen Hill, S.C. Witnesses say the dog appears suddenly beside your vehicle, and if you stop, it will step in front of your car, throw its head back and howl.

According to one legend, the dog's master was buried in the old cemetery and the dog lay on his grave until it died of starvation. However, other people believe in a much more grisly tale.

The second, more popular story is that the dog was the companion of a traveling salesman more than a century ago. While the salesman was in Goshen Hill, a townsperson was murdered and the salesman was the prime suspect. After an unfair trial, the man was found guilty and hanged from a tree, where the white dog stood guard over his master's corpse.

Weeks later, both the dog and the body disappeared, and those involved in the salesman's lynching were attacked by the white dog one by one. Those who survived the dog's bites reported that the animal didn't appear until they passed by the tree where the salesman had been hanged.



8. Australian Dog Ghost
Sarah, Nicholas and their parents are driving along a lonely track on Cape York Peninsula in northern Australia at night. They have been warned that it is a dangerous trip, and they should try to arrive at Bamaga in daylight, but a tyre on their four wheel drive gets a puncture.

Soon they encounter the giant ghost dog of Aboriginal mythology, and then a cyclist who sneers at danger and refuses the offer of a lift. After passing an eerie array of wrecked vehicles on both sides of a high, twisting section of the ridge track, they arrive at holiday cabins. The cyclist doesn't appear, and the story ends without explanation, except for a brief comment by the manager that, next day, they may find bike parts in the creek.
The ghost dog is described by Edna Mark, an Aboriginal woman from Bamaga in Cape York Peninsula, in The Australian Yarn, a collection by the folklorist, Ron Edwards.



9. Sallie
Dogs have been known to keep pretty good watch over people, and some have even been heard as ghosts, still growling threats to those who come too near. One such account is of a Bull Terrier named Sallie who was a Union Army mascot at Gettysburg. Many believe they still hear her growl, as she keeps watch over fallen soldiers.



10. The Demon Dog of Valle Crucis
It happened one time that that two young men were driving along this road around midnight. It was a clear night and the moon was full, bathing the valley in an eerie white glow.As their car turned a corner passing the old church, the two young men saw a shadow leap out from behind one of the graves and into the road in front of them. Swerving to avoid whatever had landed in the road, the driver slammed his foot on the brake and pulled off onto the side of the narrow road. Wondering what he had almost hit, he craned his head around over his shoulder to see what was in the road.

It was a dog. But not an ordinary dog. This was a dog a tall and as wide as a full grown man, covered with bristling black fur and baring its massive, yellow teeth. And the animal's eyes were glowing. Not reflecting light like a dog's eyes will do, but actually glowing, burning with a smoldering red light that seemed to have about it something of the very fires of Hell.The animal began to walk towards their parked car. By mutual and unspoken agreement the driver lifted his foot off of the brake and slammed it down on the accelerator. They roared off down the mountain road, taking the hairpin turns and twists of the road and sixty, seventy, eighty miles an hour. It was only when the driver looked in the rear view mirror that he realized the dog was still following them. Panicked, and expecting the jaws of the dog to wrap around the bumper of the car and drag it back into hell, the driver gave one final push on the accelerator, and just as the beast was about to catch them, the car leapt over the bridge the water just below where the streams meet in a cross. And the dog stopped following them.



11. Hell Dogs of Eldorado Canyon
Man per man and mile per mile, Eldorado Canyon has a wider range of historical events than anywhere in the Wild West. This rich history, coupled with the turbulent events taking place in Eldorado Canyon in the 19th century has led to numerous ghost stories of dead miners, Indians and pioneers who once roamed the area. However, some of the most fascinating are the ghostly tales of canine spirits. Reportedly, during the rowdy mining days, many of the prospectors kept dogs at their claim sites to protect their property. Reared to attack at the slightest trespass by strangers, the dogs were often extremely vicious.

"Man's best friend" or not, many of these dogs were shot, left chained at the claim site to die, or released into the wild, when the gold played out and the miners left the area. Over the years, numerous tales of sightings of these many spectral hounds have been told by exploring visitors and locals alike. A few even tell of being attacked by these ferocious canine apparitions.

One story, told on the Shadowlands Website, describes two brothers who were compelled to test the validity of the canine tales. Exploring the area, they soon found an old mine shaft where they noticed an ancient weathered chain embedded into the rock wall near the entrance. Entering the old mine, they came upon a pile of bones that appeared to be those of a large dog. As the sun was quickly setting, they determined to camp near the mine shaft. Sitting around a small campfire, they listened to what sounded like coyotes yipping in the distance. Not alarmed, they ate dinner around the fire until both men began to feel uneasy as the atmosphere changed, seeming thick and somehow charged. Before long, they heard the sounds of large dogs panting in close proximity, followed by low and hateful growls.



12. Black Ghost Dog Of Hamilton Ontario
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"I was only about 14 years old at the time. We lived in a small house in Hamilton, Ontario, and because there was not much room, my parents gave me the use of a tiny room in the basement as my personal play room. I liked the room, and spent many happy hours there. But there was something about the basement that made me feel very uneasy. I always felt like there was "something" in that basement with me although never in my play room. It was odd because the basement was so small, you could see the entire thing from my playroom. One day, as I was sitting at my desk. I glanced up and saw a dark form lope past the doorway. It was the form of a large, black dog. There was blood all over it. For just an instant, I had the impression it was in great pain and despair. I got up and walked out into the basement and stared at where I'd seen it go, and although it had vanished, I had the strong feeling there was a dog buried there, under the concrete floor. I couldn't explain that feeling, I just knew that there was. I told my parents, and they just shrugged it off. I didn't think much about it after that. Then, about a week later, on a nice summer night, my parents decided to go out for a walk around the block to enjoy the evening. I was home alone, except for our chihuahua. My parents locked the door when they left and I went upstairs to wash my hair.



I had just got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my head, when I noticed our dog standing at the top of the stairs, ears perked up, staring down and growling. My first concern was that maybe someone had broken in, and I went to stand beside him at the top of the stairs to listen. The basement door was right at the bottom of the stairs, and there was a hook latch on it. Suddenly "something" hit that door from the basement side, and the latch rattled. Our dog was growling seriously, his hackles up and staring straight down at it. Then I heard it again, and this time could hear "claws" sliding down it, as if a large dog was jumping against that door, trying to get out.



This sound continued, several times, with the initial "thump" and then "scratching", and the door banging against the latch. I was terrified! There was no other way out of the house but to go down those stairs past that basement door, so I grabbed up our chihuahua in my arms and cautiously made my way down. As I got to the bottom, something hit the door again, and I saw it jar against the latch! Our dog was snarling in my arms.With that, I flew out the front door and sat on the front steps with our dog waiting for my parents to get home. They were furious to find me outside. I told them what happened and they were skeptical, but my dad went to the basement door to check it out. When he opened it, we found long scratches in the soft wood of the door, just like those a big dog would make with it's claws if it was jumping against it. My dad was shocked, but couldn't explain it. He checked the basement, and all the windows, but it was all secure. Nothing and no one could have gotten in.



I never went down there, again. It had been a terrifying experience one I knew I hadn't imagined, because my dog had sensed it too. After some thought, I realized there had been no reason to be afraid. To this day, I believe that someone had abused this dog and kept it locked in that basement; that ultimately, they had beaten it to death and buried it there. This dog had only wanted to be free of it's prison. Maybe it was asking for my help. One day (when no one was home), I cautiously opened the basement door. I whispered, "It's ok, come on out, go on to where you belong." I don't know if that worked or not, but nothing like that ever happened again, and I never felt that presence again."



13. Ghost dog in the truck
This photo was taken in front of my childhood home in the summer of 1966. It was taken by my then seven year old brother with a very inexpensive Diana camera using 120 film. In the photo my older brother is holding our kitten with our fathers truck in the background. As children, we never noticed anything unusual about the image. It was put away in a drawer with dozens of other snapshots and forgotten. Almost 20 years later my brother (the one that took it) and our friend who grew up across the street from us were looking at a stack of photos reminiscing. Our friend asked "Who's dog is in the truck?". The problem was we didn't have a dog at that time, and the only two dogs we did have while growing up were both fawn colored boxers. None of us recall a white dog in our neighborhood. Also, we were not allowed to play in the truck and certainly wouldn't have let a strange dog inside it.



The strangest part of this is that the dog is transparent - the rear window can be seen through the dog's head. We asked my mother (our father had died years earlier) about the dog. She remembers that they bought the truck from a chicken rancher who had a large English sheepdog type of dog. The dog is obviously looking at the boy holding the kitten with a great deal of intrest, just as a "real" dog would. This image is so clear that even very small children notice it without prompting. Also please note that the black circle around the dog's eye is the side mirror on the truck.



14. Stone Dog
Denise sent an awesome ghostly dog picture... a ghost picture with a dog standing right in front of the stone. We are sure it's a dog, almost as if it is warily walking up to the man. Take a look at the close-up:



"This picture is taking in Benson Arizona. This is a very old cemetery. Is it just me or are their really Ghost dog in this picture. I have had some people say yes at least three of them and I have had some say it just my imagination. What do you see? No animals were with us. We, (my 7 year old son, the guy in the picture, my son's godparents and I) went to Benson to see the new Wal-Mart, and go shopping. We were driving around and Duane (guy in the pic) wanted to see the graveyard. So we went to the graveyard. I didn't have a camera, but I had my camera phone. So, I took pictures. This particular picture, when I sent it to my email, looked strange, which is now why I am inquiring to someone who is more experienced in the field. When I first looked at it, I thought I saw a dog. Again, no dogs were there at least no live dog."



15. Face on a headstone
Susan KC sent us this ghost picture of what looks like an old man's face and an animal face on the side of a headstone. The animal looks like a Golden Retriever puppy. Is it coincidence or a ghostly appearance?

"Not sure if you can use this, but I thought I'd send it along to your site. I was in the old Fort Boise Military Cemetery and was taking some photos of some of the graves. I was not looking for ghosts or anything of that nature. I do public blogs and on occasion, I feature an interesting place for public perusal complete with photos. After downloading the photos from my digital camera, I was very surprised to see this photo. What I see is an image on the side of the first headstone of a man and directly under his face, the image of what looks like a white golden retriever pup. I realize these headstones could be weather damaged, but I see the two images very distinctly."



16. Ectoplasm Ghost
Brenda Rivenback sent us this great ghost picture of what appears to be ectoplasm around the home and car. The biggest cloud of ectoplasm appears to be a dog. Is it a ghost dog? You decide...



"The original picture was taken August 29th, 2006 at approximately 3:30pm. My sister was taking pictures with her digital camera of the kids in front of our porch. It was a clear day no clouds, no smoke. The original picture shows the kids on the porch, the car, and the ghostly figure above the car. She did not see anything visibly... it showed up on the camera; and when I put it on the computer, it was very clear that it was some sort of figure. The only thing I can think of is, it's a ghost! The original picture has a date across the bottom; it isn't the correct date.



The camera had reset its self when she put new batteries in it. I am sending the original, and you can see there are other formations hanging around my car."



17. Devon Black Dog
This old story gives an explanation for the naming of the Black Dog Inn near Uplyme in Devon. The black dog seems to act as a spirit guardian of treasure and was perhaps used to explain the find of some old coins or unexpected wealth. The farmer supposedly used the coins to purchase a house nearby, which he converted into a pub, naming it the Black Dog after the phantom. As with most ghost stories, there have been sightings of a dog near the inn. The haunting appears to occur at midnight in Haye Lane adjacent to the inn, also known as Dog Lane.One encounter with the creature occurred in 1856. The witnesses were a local couple, a nurse and her husband. She described the incident as follows: "As I was returning to Lyme one night with my husband, down Dog Lane, as we reached the middle of it, I saw an animal about the size of a dog meeting us. 'What's that?' I said to my husband. 'What?' he said, 'I see nothing.' I was so frightened I could say no more then, for the animal was within two or three yards of us, and had become as large a young calf, but had the appearance of a black, shaggy dog with fiery eyes, just like the description I had heard of the 'black dog'. He passed close by me, and made the air cold and dank as he passed along...". The last reported sighting of the black dog was in 1959, when a family saw it on holiday after visiting The Black Dog Inn!



18. Ms Rudkin vs Black Dog
An acquaintance of Ms Rudkin told this encounter which happened in about 1916. She was going from Willoughton to nearby Kennington to be with a friend who had pneumonia. This was a short-ish uphill walk, and it was dusk. About halfway up this hill, there is an Ash tree with a hole in the hedge which lines that lane. As she passed, a large and shaggy black dog came through the hedge and followed her. It came quite close, but this lady was a dog lover and didn't mind. She did not, however, try to touch the strange animal. The dog paced closeby, and left her when she reached the top gate. She stayed with her friend for a few hours, and began the walk back home at around 10pm. She was a bit worried to be walking that late, and the husband of her friend accompanied her just a short way. When she reached the top gate, there was the black dog. Upon appearance it came right up to her and padded its way alongside down the hill. When they arrived at the Ash tree and the hole in the hedge, the dog veered right into the hole and disappeared. The lady thought that it was awfully nice that the big black dog had waited for her all those hours.



19. The Legend of Brooklyn's Prospect Park
Somewhere in Brooklyn's Prospect Park lived a legend. The legend told of a large, brown dog that was seen in fleeting glimpses by park visitors and caretakers, only to be gone a moment later. Sometimes he'd be seen on top a hill watching the morning joggers run by. On occasion he'd even come out of the woods to run around with the dogs who play in the park's morning off leash hours and then take off when a human became too curious or got too close. This large and elusive Cane Corso Mastiff became known by the name Ghost Dog and lived in the park for the better part of four years. Not much was known about the large dog or where he came from. Sometimes he'd be captured in a photograph and there were people who left food out for him, but the Ghost Dog was shy and never let anyone get too close. Ghost Dog had been closely watched by Brooklyn animal rescuer Sean Casey and his group, Sean Casey Animal Rescue. Finally, in May of 2012 they decided to attempt a rescue after noticing that he was showing signs of a limp. The story of his recue was reported in the NY Post and is really an amazing tale. Now, after being rehabilitated, Ghost Dog is finally ready to find a home of his own.



20. The Haunted Kennels
Besides all that, there are a plenty of known dog houses (kennels) which are haunted with their previous owners.. Dogs who used to live in and have died someday, but still coming for a visit into their old good house... check this:

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21. Ghost of the Dambusters dog:
Picture shows long-dead Labrador at memorial to WWII heroes



He was the loyal companion of the Dambusters hero whose extraordinary bravery enthralled the nation. Now ghost hunters believe the spectre of the Dambusters' canine mascot is still faithfully guarding his master's old quarters. They are convinced that the wraiths of both Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his chocolate coloured Labrador haunt the remote airfield from which the audacious raid was launched. Ghost of a chance? This apparition of a Labrador which appears between the two banks of choristers is one of the photos said to show the Dambusters' mascot. Investigators decided to step in after a mysterious photograph emerged of what looks like Gibson's long-dead dog sitting at his master's memorial. The picture, taken in the 1980s, shows a Labrador among a school group at a memorial to the Dambusters, close to where Gibson's dog was buried.

The photographer is said to have claimed the dog appeared from nowhere just as the photo was being taken, refusing to be shooed away. As soon as the photo was taken, the dog disappeared, never to be seen again.



After staking out the base at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, now the home of the Red Arrows, ghost hunters are convinced it is haunted by a ghostly Labrador.



The lead investigator, Paul Drake, said: There is definitely paranormal activity there.

Devoted: Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, (right), with his Labrador and fellow officers



'One of our investigators felt a cold spot and when we measured it, it was eighteen inches, which is about the height of a dog. 'The curator of the museum has told us that he has felt for years that he has had a presence following him and he definitely feels that it is that of a dog.'

One investigator who stayed overnight at the base last month even claimed she heard a dog growling when she entered Gibson's former office.

'I definitely heard the growl of a dog', said Michelle Clements, 45. 'Three of us heard it and we all agreed it was a dog. 'It was a really low growl. It wasn't a happy yap at all. It sounded sounded like he was warning us to stay away.'



After scouring the base with infra-red lights, proximity sensors and video cameras, the team say they picked up activity which suggests the pilot was trying to speak to them. 'I do believe we spoke with Guy Gibson,' Miss Clements, a school dinner lady from Leicester, said. 'We asked him if he was with his girlfriend Margaret and he said yes.
'We also played some old music from the 40s and there was a response to that as well.' Gibson's Labrador, Nigger, was the mascot for the squadron that launched an audacious night-time raid on three heavily defended dams deep in Germany's industrial heartland using bouncing bombs. Their success was immortalised in the classic 1954 film The Dambusters, its thrilling theme tune and gung-ho script evoking the best of British derring-do.



The Labrador's name was used as a code word whenever one of Germany's Ruhr Dams was breached during the mission. Tragically, he had been run over and killed outside the base just hours before the raid and, fearing it was a bad omen, heartbroken Gibson ordered the death to be kept secret and the dog to be buried quickly outside his office next to the squadron hangar. Gibson himself returned from the mission and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery, but was later killed in 1944, when his Mosquito crashed in Holland during a raid.



The story of the Dambusters is now set to be retold in a new film by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, although the dog is to be renamed Digger as the original name is now recognised as an offensive term. Jim Shortland, a historian who specialises in the Dambusters, said he was sceptical about the paranormal but welcomed the investigation. 'What they expect to find I don't know,' he said. 'But I think anything that helps to keep the memory alive of the things those lads did in the Second World War is a good thing.' Before his death Nigger was always at the side of Gibson, who would take him for long walks around the airfield. The raid on the MAEhne, Eder and Sorpe Dams was launched on 16 May 1943. Only hours before the raid Gibson was informed that Nigger had been run over by a car outside the camp and he was killed instantaneously.



Gibson returned and was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross but was later killed on a raid against Germany in September 1944, when his Mosquito plane crashed in Holland. The first sighting of Ghost Dog was in February 1952 when a mess waiter working at RAF Scampton reported seeing a "phantom" black dog on the base.




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