# Has anyone else ever seen the "black dog"? What causes it?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-seen-the-black-dog-what-causes-it/341102 "2006-01-22T11:58:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-ever-seen-the-black-dog-what-causes-it/341102/21 "2006-01-23T03:01:02Z")

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> [@Mac Guffin](#):
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> I have never seen a black dog. I have, however, seen gigantic black spiders walking in the pitch black fields after being awake for over 56 hours and driven home from the airport by my folks. But knowing my state of exahustion, I figured they were only halucinations and laid back down to try to sleep.

You saw them too?!?! :eek:

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