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On the Western Isles of Scotland, Burach Bhadi was a serpentine leech or worm with nine eyes on the top of its head. Living in the shallow water inlets and lochs, it could make its way inland up streams and ditches. Whoever was riding beside these waters had to take care that the horse’s scent did not bring the Burach Bhadi to the surface. If it did, the great leech would attach itself to the horse’s legs pulling horse and rider under to be consumed at leisure. The Burach Bhadi is also known as the Wizard’s Shackle, from the way that its sucking mouth grapples on to the limbs of horses.