Ghost story · 1929
The call from the river below Ravila bridge
Hüüe jõest Ravila silla all
Below the bridge in Ravila village stood the Vanakubja farm, and Mari Härg, born in 1855, told in 1929 how its people were taking their Saturday sauna when the farmhand decided to go for a swim in the river afterwards. At that moment a voice was heard from the water: 'The hour has come, but the man has not!' The family would not let him go, saying the water spirit was waiting there, and that evening he stayed on shore. But in the autumn the farmhand drowned at that very spot. The Ravila manor house still stands nearby.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ravila külas silla all oli Vanakubja pere ja 1855. aastal sündinud Mari Härg rääkis 1929. aastal, kuidas pererahvas laupäeva õhtul saunas vihtles ning sulane tahtis pärast veel jõkke ujuma minna. Samal ajal kuuldi jõest hüüet: „Tund on tulnud, aga mees pole tulnud!“ Pererahvas ei lasknud sulast minna, sest seal olevat näkk, ja tol õhtul jäi ta kaldale. Kuid sügisel uppus sulane täpselt samas kohas. Ravila mõisa peahoone seisab tänini lähedal.