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Ghost story · 1936

The bloody man on the Haeska road

Verine mees Haeska teel

Rein, the overseer of Haeska manor near Matsalu bay, was walking home from Rannamõisa on New Year's night, a tale recorded in 1936 says, when a bloodstained man suddenly stood beside him on the road through the Haeska pines. Tell everyone in your village, the figure said, that whoever wants to escape the plague must flee with cattle and goods by the road that forks seven ways and take the seventh branch. Then the vision was gone. The villagers laughed, but two farms, Holli and Mäehandsu, moved into the manor forest. A week later the plague broke out, and only those two farms were spared.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Haeska mõisa kubjas Rein tuli uusaastaööl Rannamõisast koju, räägib 1936. aastal kirja pandud lugu, kui Haeska männiku vahelisel teel seisis järsku tema kõrval verine mees. Ütle kõigile oma küla inimestele, kõneles kuju, et kes tahab end katku eest päästa, põgenegu loomade ja kraamiga mööda teed, kus keerab seitse haru, ja mingu seitsmendat haru pidi edasi. Siis nägemus kadus. Külarahvas naeris, kuid Holli ja Mäehandsu talu kolisid mõisa metsa. Nädala pärast puhkes külas katk ja ainult need kaks talu jäid puutumata.

Map of the area around The bloody man on the Haeska road
58.79200° N, 23.67200° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 121, 731/3 (12) (A. Isberg, Martna parish, 1936), Rehepapp database ↗

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