Ghost story
The grave in the middle of the Metsküla road
About a verst west of Metsküla manor in old Karja parish, the highway towards Asuka village ran through a pine wood with three pairs of cart ruts side by side. In 1923 villagers told an archaeologist that four generations earlier a dead man had been buried right there, between the ruts in the middle of the road, because the horses could not pull the coffin any further to the churchyard. Ever since, people had feared the spot and hurried past at night. The grave was levelled when the roads were rebuilt around 1893, and no one could point to it any more. Today the road still runs through the forests of northern Saaremaa.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Umbes versta kaugusel Metsküla mõisast läänes, vanas Karja kihelkonnas, kulges maantee Asuka küla poole läbi männiku, kus jooksid kõrvuti kolm paari roopaid. 1923. aastal rääkisid külaelanikud arheoloogile, et neli põlve varem maeti sinnasamasse, keset teed roobaste vahele surnu, sest hobused ei jaksanud kirstu kaugemale surnuaeda vedada. Sellest ajast peale kardeti seda kohta ja kiirustati öösel mööda. Haud tasandati teede ümberkorraldamisel umbes 1893. aastal ja enam ei osanud keegi seda näidata. Tänapäeval kulgeb tee endiselt läbi Põhja-Saaremaa metsade.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 53246 (Karja parish, F. Leinbock 1923), Rehepapp database ↗