The Black Hound and the Silver Button on Orust

Bohuslän · Sweden · Sägenplats · Scare 3/5

A black hound ravaged the grain until the farmer shot it with an inherited silver button – but within three days the shooter himself lay dead.

On Orust it was told how a great black hound kept wallowing in a farmer's grain. Only with an inherited silver button as a bullet could he bring the beast down, and it dissolved into mist at sunset – but the farmer fell ill at once and was dead within three days. People believed the hound had been the Evil One, punishing some grave crime. Another time the same dark power aided a woman in childbirth until she repented of her deed, whereupon torment came over her.

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The Black Hound and the Silver Button on Orust has a scare factor of 3/5 according to Haunted Places’ verified ratings.

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The Black Hound and the Silver Button on Orust is in Bohuslän, Sweden.