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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wayside" data-source="post: 2610819" data-attributes="member: 8394">Looks like. I can't do anything about the amount of exposure other people have to this stuff. I can say that I've never been on any sort of gaming network, like Battle.net or MtGOnline, where a variety of spellings of the name weren't in use. I can also say that when I asked my class of 26 if they knew the story, a significant number replied in the affirmative; but my university also teaches Native American Literature and it's a very popular class. It could be that people my age and younger are more familiar with the stories than people who went through the education system a decade ago. Whatever the reason, everybody I know knows the story, as do half my acquaintances. That's just a fact.I'd imagine Black Dogs are even less obscure than the Wendigo, but also less recognizable. A lot of people have read that bit of Sherlock Holmes, but they aren't going to immediately make the connection.</blockquote>