# Creepy short story with a photo of a "witch" and her "hellhound"?

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**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647 "2017-07-19T13:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/1 "2017-07-19T13:05:54Z")

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I vaguely recall a somewhat creepy short story I read about a camera discovered with a final photo of what was described as a witch and her hellhound (pic was included). The story was about a photog that went out to try and find evidence of this witch and disappeared, the last photo the only clue…

Anyone recall?

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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/2 "2017-07-21T14:46:51Z")

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That does sound familiar, but since I have no idea of the title or author, here’s a bump.

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**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/3 "2017-07-21T23:24:56Z")

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This creepypasta? [The Last Photo of Charlie Noonan | MB Forde](https://shortoncontent.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/the-last-photo-of-charlie-noonan/)

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/4 "2017-07-21T23:34:29Z")

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Don’t remember a witch but a Stephen King short story involved a spectral dog getting closer and more dangerous in each photo

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/5 "2017-07-21T23:58:20Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> Don’t remember a witch but a Stephen King short story involved a spectral dog getting closer and more dangerous in each photo

“The Sun Dog.”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/6 "2017-07-22T01:49:42Z")

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I don’t get it. What’s supposed to be creepy about that picture? It’s a poorly-exposed blurry picture of a woman and a dog.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-short-story-with-a-photo-of-a-witch-and-her-hellhound/791647/7 "2017-07-22T02:40:01Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> “The Sun Dog.”

Did he swipe that from M.R. James’s “The Mezzotint?”