MAUTHE DHOOG, MAUTHE DOOG
Legend of the United Kingdom
Causes Harm to anyone who looks at it
Evil Spirit
This is the evil SPIRIT, also known as the Moddey Dhoo, of Peel Castle on the Isle of Man (United Kingdom). It manifests in the shape of a Black Dog described variously as the size of a calf with eyes like pewter plates, or a spaniel with shaggy hair, which may materialize and inflict harm on all who see it. There are numerous accounts of people who have some experience of the demon, often with variations in the events outcome.
One such tale refers to the time when that Peel Castle was occupied by military forces in the seventeenth century. A bored soldier on guard duty, after a few drinks, bragged that he would go search for the supernatural fiend. His terrified shrieks brought his fellow officers to the corridor where he lay, and they dragged him back to the guardroom, jabbering about the “Dhoog”, before he died. A similar fate befell a minister brought to exorcise the evil spirit.
Source: Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins Encyclopedia