Victorian Shapeshifters: Furries, Shaggies or Folk Angels?

Is it a dog!? Is it a calf?! No, it’s something in between or just possibly a headless bear or a giant lolloping rabbit, instead. Simon and Chris debate the appearance and habits of a class of supernatural creatures Simon insists on calling, to Chris's irritation, 'furries': solitary, shaggy shapeshifters that haunted the roads and wilds of nineteenth century Britain. These ambiguous animals, with their trademark fiery, saucer-like eyes, might predict death, assault those who confront them, or protect vulnerable travelers from attack. Then there are the big questions. Did these shapeshifters make their way to the United States as Chris claims? Did they become the Alien Big Cats and Black Dogs of modern folklore, as Simon insists? Are they ghosts, cryptids, fairy-animals, or just a mangy tabby glimpsed in the moonlight? And watch out for swelling sheep on those late-night rambles.Further ReadingWilder Mann, Charles Freger https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann-fr/Explore phantom black dogs, Bob TrubshawBlack Dog Folklore, Mark NormanMystery Big Cats, Merrily HarpurAmerican Monsters, Linda S. GodfreyMonsters Among Us, Linda S. Godfreyhttp://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/creature-feature-something-between-a-dog-and-a-calf/Past Praying For: Something Sinister in a Field http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/12988/http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/a-ghost-of-evil-odour/http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/black-dogs-and-dynamite-south-mountains-washington-monument/https://esoterx.com/2018/11/06/exit-stage-left-pursued-by-a-ghost-bear/