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The Plat-eye is a malicious, ghostly Black Dog from the folklore of the West Indies, Georgia and South Carolina.
Description
A Plat-eye is created whenever a person dies without a proper burial or is buried carelessly. The angry spirit of the person manifests as a large black dog, sometimes invisible except for the eyes. It wanders the place of its burial, unable to find rest, terrorizing passersby. Unlike many black dog spirits, the Plat-eye is purely malevolent. Its appearances are linked to the new moon.
Behavior
Plat-eyes wander lonely roads, sometimes restricted to their own gravesites, in the shape of an animal. Most often this animal is a dog with blazing eyes. If a person encounters a Plat-eye, the spirit will begin to grow to an immense size, eventually enveloping and consuming the victim.
See Also
Source
- Rose, Carol [November 2001]. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth (in English). W. W. Norton & Company, 217, 289. ISBN 0-393-32211-4.