The black dog of Peel Castle. Waldron, writing in the 1720s, recorded an apparition in the shape of a large black spaniel with curled shaggy hair that haunted the guard room nightly. The English garrison soldiers grew so accustomed to it that they adjusted their behaviour in its presence, refraining from swearing and profane discourse as though a senior officer were watching. A drunk soldier went alone to test whether the creature was dog or devil. A great noise was heard. He came back unable to speak, and died within three days. The passage where the apparition had appeared was closed up and another way made. Waldron recorded this not as folklore but as something the garrison took seriously enough to alter the architecture of the castle.