Fire, flood or disaster · 20.09.1905
A bear with a sheep under its arm at Kauksi
Lammast kaenlas hoidev karu Kauksis
In September 1905 news came from the northern shore of Lake Peipus that a single large bear was raiding the villages: at Kauksi it killed two cows and ten sheep, at Potsiku six sheep, and at Vagana several cows. Two hunts found nothing in the vast forests. A young farmer who ran towards a herd boy's screams met the bear standing on its hind legs with a sheep under its arm. When the sheepdogs went for its fur, the bear hurled the sheep to the ground so hard it burst and turned on the man, who escaped only thanks to the dogs and the nearby farm.
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Eesti keeles
1905. aasta septembris tuli Peipsi põhjarannalt teade, et küladesse käib röövimas üks suur karu: Kauksis murdis ta kaks lehma ja kümme lammast, Potsikus kuus lammast ja Vaganas mitu lehma. Kahel jahil ei leitud teda suurtest metsadest. Noor talumees, kes tõttas karjase kisa peale, nägi karu tagajalgadel seismas, lammas kaenlas. Kui lambakoerad talle kasukasse kargasid, viskas karu lamba nii tugevasti vastu maad, et see lõhki läks, ja tormas mehe kallale, kes pääses vaid koerte ja lähedal oleva kodu tõttu.