Which British creepy legend of the countryside would genuinely give you the willies on a night walk?

A supposed panther-like predator prowling the Cornish moors, blamed for savaged sheep and grainy photographs since the 1970s. The MoD investigated and found 'no verifiable evidence' — which is exactly what they'd say, isn't it?

A spectral black dog with saucer-sized red eyes said to haunt the lanes of Norfolk and Suffolk. Legend says he burst into Bungay church in 1577 and killed two parishioners mid-service.

Nessie has been dodging sonar, drones and eDNA sweeps for nearly a century. Whether plesiosaur, giant eel, or floating log, she still puts Inverness on every tourist map.

Reported near Mawnan church in the 1970s: a hovering, red-eyed birdman with pincer claws. Basically Mothman with a Cornish pasty accent.

A cloaked fiend with fiery breath who reportedly leapt over walls and hedges terrorising Victorian Britain. Part urban legend, part proto-superhero, entirely unsettling.