Good Evening everyone,

Have you seen the Black Dog? I Love a spooky Tale!

Many years ago, the people of Trinity talked of a huge, black dog, with eyes the size of saucers, that roamed the cliff paths round Bouley Bay dragging its chain behind it.       

The sound of the chain would frighten people so much that they would stop in their tracks only to be caught by the dog. The dog would then circle its victim at great speed in order to terrify them further.

No bodily harm was ever done to the victims, but they were usually found cowering against a hedge in a state of shock after their encounter with the Black Dog. Due to this, the slightest mention that the dog had been heard was enough to send people hurrying back to their homes.

But did the dog ever exist, or did smugglers make him up, so that scared parishioners wouldn’t see them landing secret stores of brandy and tobacco?

The question as to the whether the Black Dog of Bouley Bay was ever real, has always attracted fierce debate, in both Jersey and the wider world.  The three most famous images of the creature still feature heavily in global publications of mythology and folklore, and have been the subject of numerous investigations and research projects of zoological institutions, universities and by privately funded individuals for scientific journals – amidst claim and counterclaim as to their authenticity:

It is still said that if you do see Le Chien de Bouley, there will be a storm. I love Bouley Bay, it’s quite a lonely place but always great for a photo, if you are a visitor on misty evening at dusk you may just catch a sight of the Black Dog.