Ghostly horsemen seen riding on Dartmoor according to spooky legend
A recent survey found Devon to be the sixth most haunted county in England. The most often reported sighting is of phantom horses and riders. On Dartmoor, the phenomenon was known as the Wish or Wisht Hounds, led by Dewer, which is the ancient local name for the Devil. Dewers is a landmark named after him, Dewerestone, a giant mass of jagged granite rising above woodland near Shaugh Prior on the south-western edge of the moor. Legend has it that when the spectral hunt rides across the Moor searching for souls of unbaptised babies, whoever meets it will die within the year.
