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Jack Hallam in Ghosts of the North mentions that a large headless hound terrified the countryside between Milnthorpe and Beetham.
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This is correct. The roads and lanes around Beetham were haunted by a "boggle" or bogey in the form of a big black dog.. A black dog is said to walk between Beetham and Milnthorpe each night at 12 o clock and it is headless. Apparently it also had blazing eyes and was considered evil.
Headless with blazing eyes? I dare not ask where the eyes are blazing from.
I thought that but that's what I read!!!
Very odd... the same tautological "headless with blazing eyes" description is used for the Kidsgrove Boggart in North Staffs. If memory serves, this description dates to an 18th century diarist.