Ghost story · 1939
The ghost eyes over the bog at Hundimäe, Mudiste
Kummitussilmad Hundimäe all rabas Mudistel
Hundimäe, Wolf Hill farm in Mudiste village near Suure-Jaani, looks down over boggy ground. A family account written down in 1939 says that about 45 years earlier lights were seen moving across the bog below, as if someone were walking with a lantern. People called them ghost eyes. The farm's daughter was one of those who saw them. Later that part of the bog was turned into a field and no one saw the ghost eyes there again, though the teller added that they still flickered over the great Kakerdaja bog, appearing and vanishing in one place after another.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Mudiste külas Suure-Jaani lähedal asuvast Hundimäe talust avaneb vaade madalale rabale. 1939. aastal kirja pandud perepärimuse järgi nähti umbes 45 aastat varem all rabas liikumas tulukesi, nagu käiks keegi laternaga. Rahvas kutsus neid kummitussilmadeks. Üks nägijatest oli talu tütar. Hiljem tehti see osa rabast põlluks ja seal pole kummitussilmi enam nähtud, kuid jutustaja lisas, et suures Kakerdaja rabas vilguvad need ikka, kaovad ja süttivad jälle uues kohas.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 219, 432/3 (1939), via folklore.ee 'Rahvausundi loodus' ↗