DevilHidden
The Blunsdon Crow
Black wings, and something behind the eyes.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Village
- Legend from
- Local tradition (BBC Wiltshire)
- Tone
- Eerie
Usually it is just a crow. Usually.
BBC Wiltshire's round-up of devilish Wiltshire says that at Blunsdon, near Swindon, the Devil has been seen taking the shape of a crow. It sets this beside his hare at Warminster and his black dog at Longbridge Deverill. Beyond that the page tells nothing: no date, no witness and no reason he chose Blunsdon. It is the one Swindon-area tale in this batch, and it is thin. A crow on a fence post is, after all, usually only a crow.
One sourceOnly one written account of this legend has been found so far.