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   On Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 12:11:22 AM UTC-7, Noah's Dove wrote:   
   > Luke.11   
   >    
   > [34] The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is   
   > single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is   
   > evil, thy body also is full of darkness.   
   > Eph.6   
   >    
   > [12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against   
   > principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of   
   > this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.   
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   >    
   > Glowing Red Eyes   
   > (October 2007)   
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   >    
   > Science tells us that nocturnal animals don’t have self-luminous eyes.   
   > They often have eyes that are reflective, in order to help them see in   
   > the dark, but they don’t glow. So the premise of this article is that   
   > seeing glowing red eyes on an out-of-place, or highly weird animal, or   
   > entity, is most likely a sign of it being something paranormal. Some   
   > researchers also marry up sightings of such creatures with UFO events,   
   > but I’m not totally convinced about that idea - yet!   
   >    
   > What I’m going to do in this article is to give some examples of the   
   > various types of sightings that have been catalogued, and then take a   
   > look at what might lie behind them.   
   >    
   > Black Dogs, Shuck, Shug-Monkey   
   >    
   > One of the most well known creatures to have been reported as having   
   > glowing red eyes occurs in the Black Dog tales. So I’ll start with   
   > those.   
   >    
   > These Black Dogs have appeared right across the UK, in much of Europe,   
   > and in the USA and Canada. It is, naturally, known by different names   
   > in different parts of the UK, and so a list of some of those names   
   > might be helpful:   
   >    
   > East Anglia   
   > Black Shuck, Old Shock, Shucky Dog, Shug Monkey, Shug Monster   
   > Isle of Man   
   > “Moddey Dhoo,” meaning Black Dog - pronounced as “Mauther Thoo” in   
   > Manx   
   > Jersey   
   > Le Tchan de Bouôlé   
   > Lancashire   
   > Guytrash, Skriker, Trash   
   > Leicestershire   
   > Shag Dog   
   > Lincolnshire   
   > Hairy Jack   
   > Midlands   
   > Hooter   
   > Norfolk   
   > Black Shuck, Old Shuck, or just Shuck   
   > Scotland   
   > In Gaelic it is known as “Choin Dubh,” “Cu Sith,” or fairy dog. The   
   > last name is more common, and its colour is normally green, although   
   > sometimes it can be white. Another local name is the Muckle Black Tyke   
   > Somerset   
   > Gurt Dog or Great Dog   
   > Staffordshire   
   > Padfoot   
   > Suffolk   
   > Gallytrot, Galley Trot, Moddey Dhoe, Scarfe   
   > Wales   
   > Gwyllgi, meaning dog of darkness   
   > Warwickshire   
   > Hooter   
   > Yorkshire   
   > Barghaist, Barghest, Barguest, Barn-ghaist, Skriker   
   > Their description is said to be that of a very large dog, far larger   
   > than any normal dog, which is usually black in colour, although they   
   > have been seen as grey, white, and yellow. The coat is normally   
   > shaggy, but sometimes said to be smooth, bristly, and gleaming, the   
   > mouth to be slavering, with fetid breath and fangs for teeth.   
   > Sometimes a grinning expression has been noted, and the sound of   
   > growling, barking, or even speaking, laughing or screaming. There are   
   > also a few rare sightings of two-headed, or even totally headless,   
   > dogs. And, naturally, they mostly have glowing red eyes.  Usually they   
   > vanish into thin air, sink into the ground, or disappear with a flash   
   > or an explosion, and there have also been some reports of them shape-   
   > shifting.   
   >    
   > Mostly these Black Dogs are seen on roads, lanes, footpaths, at   
   > crossroads, in fields, hedges, gateways, corridors, staircases,   
   > churchyards, barrows, ancient track-ways and prehistoric earthworks,   
   > graves, gallows, and bridges. They seem to be particularly seen near   
   > bridges over rivers and streams, wells, trees next to water, ponds,   
   > and even near the sea.   
   >    
   > Some believe that they may follow Ley Lines, Corpse Ways, and Spirit   
   > Paths, thus giving them the ability to appear and disappear at will   
   > along their various points, for example where these lines are thought   
   > to cross. Others believe that they may materialize and dematerialise   
   > due to environmental factors, such as electromagnetic and/or   
   > geomagnetic points along Ley Lines.   
   >    
   > During the middle ages, in a church at Bungay, Essex, a Black Dog with   
   > red glowing eyes was said to have appeared during a service. It then   
   > proceeded to kill two people. This event is said to have happened   
   > during a severe thunderstorm. And having taken place in East Anglia   
   > many local people would call such an entity the Shug Monkey.   
   >    
   > In Tring, Hertfordshire, back in the 19th Century there is a report in   
   > which two men passing a gibbet on their way home one dark night saw a   
   > Black Dog. Whilst riding past the gibbet they saw what looked like a   
   > flame of fire, and on stopping their horses a massive Black Dog   
   > appeared. It looked emaciated, with a shaggy coat, long ears, and   
   > glowing red eyes. They said that it displayed a grinning expression,   
   > and within a few minutes it sank back into the ground.   
   >    
   > This next beast has often been seen in Rendlesham Forest, in the same   
   > place that the famous UFO event happened. But it was also seen many   
   > years, even centuries, earlier, and it is still being seen up to   
   > present day. Most of the Black Dog descriptions from this area tell of   
   > it being very large, up to ten feet long, and looking like a cross   
   > between a mastiff and a great ape. Some accounts say that it has a   
   > large neck, broad nostrils, massive jaws, and four legs with large   
   > claws protruding from its paws. The fur is black and sleek, and it has   
   > a long powerful tail. It reminded one observer of a “large male   
   > silverback gorilla” – a combination of ape, dog, lion, and rhinoceros.   
   > Another couple who encountered it said that, while they thought it was   
   > a dog, its body was far more feline in nature. During their encounter   
   > it vanished instantaneously, but a few seconds later reappeared and   
   > then flickered on and off a few times before finally disappearing;   
   > after which the air was filled with the strange smell of what they   
   > said reminded them of “burning metal.” This region of the UK is also   
   > home to a whole plethora of phantom big cats and ape-like creatures.   
   >    
   > On Exmoor, in Somerset, there has long been a tale of what the locals   
   > call a Devil Dog. This beast disappears very slowly, leaving just a   
   > pair of glowing red eyes.   
   >    
   > Meanwhile in Lothian, Scotland, there is a story of a Black Dog that   
   > appeared and disappeared. It was said to have been accompanied by a   
      
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