The Black Dog of Meriden

The Black Dog of Meriden, Connecticut is a small, ghostly dog who leaves no footprints and makes no sound, even when it appears to be barking or howling. According to legend, if you see the Black Dog once it means joy, twice it means sorrow, but if you see it a third time, it means death.According to Meridens local legend, the Black Dog can be seen barking, but it makes no sound. Where it trods the ground it raises no dust, in snow it makes no footprints. Ghostlike, the dog appears as if out of nowhere, and takes its leave just as mysteriously, as it roams over a large area around the hills.
In the early 1900s, a geologist by the name of Pynchon was surveying a mountain in Meridan called West Peak. He saw the black dog was following him, keeping its distance, but still staying in view. When Pynchon turned to go home, the dog disappeared into the trees.
The second time he saw the dog was a few years later, while hiking in the same spot with friends. One of the friends he was climbing with said he had seen the same dog twice before. As they approached the peak, the dog was already ahead of them.
Pyncheon heard a terrible scream and turned in horror to see his friend had lost his footing and had fallen hundreds of feet to his death on the rocks below.
When Pynchon got back to Meriden, locals told him about the legend of the Black Dog but he refused to believe it. The locals told him never to go back to the mountain because if he saw the dog again, it would mean his death.
A few years went by, and Pynchon decided to climb the same mountain. He left his lodgings bright and early one morning and never returned. His dead body was later found at the bottom of a ravine. People say the night he died, he must have seen the Black Dog a third time and fallen to his death.
Over the years several lives have been lost on the Meriden mountain, including an experienced Alpine climber in 1972. Although all the fatalities are listed as accidental, the old timers know they were brought about by the Black Dog of Meriden. So if you are hiking the West Peak in Meridan, Connecticut be careful!

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[twins1arethebest]

:]]] my voice changed!I started cracking up i forgot it changed my voice but thanks for commenting mostly you guys stayed for my wierd deep voice so manly! ;DD

[brandie501]

Lol did you have a cold? or a stuffy nose??

[twins1arethebest]

no but the sound recorder got kinda messed up lol =[[ oh well

[andriakoski13]

0.o

[twins1arethebest]

yup it is scary lol but you kow and my voice changes lol into a deep voice rofl i sounded weird

[RcUniverseGuy]

@CtParkourMeriden its not true....

[RcUniverseGuy]

you guys are all retarded wow this kid must have had to do a report for middle school what a queer

[HaroExile]

It's black dog of hanging hill. But some people see it in Meriden. My moms seenit at cocamo memorial and I've seen it near platt. Pretty creepy

[CtParkourMeriden]

this is scary and true! about 3 of my friends have seen the dog once. im never going to go on that side.

raised since before 1 in meriden! yea yea

meriden for life lolz

[asrtoman1]

Its not the Black Dog of Meriden Its the Black Dog of West Peak

[xXFilthAddictionXx]

i read this on this on a website somewhere..... i was soo interested in it. :)

[brandie501]

lol ok