PRESENTED BY THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF DOGS Girt Dog of Ennerdale. For a few months in 1810 at Ennerdale in the Lake District the locals were at their wits' end as the vale was ravaged by a devil dog. By the end of the long, protracted incident they had lost an estimated three hundred sheep. Known by various synonyms: the Vampire Dog of Ennerdale; the Beast of Ennerdale; the wild dog of Ennerdale, whatever was killing sheep supposedly did so in a quite macabre manner. Whereas parts of the cadavers may have been eaten some sheep were found with chunks of flesh missing and yet still alive, but many victims were discovered drained of blood either with or without internal organs. Literally reams have been written about the depredations of the Girt Dog (Great Dog) but three questions have come down to us over the years: What was it? Where did it come from? What happened to it after it was shot, stuffed and mounted? Originally it was thought that the Girt dog could have been a gre