Ghost story · 1973
The grey boy and the crying lake of Lajassaare, Karula
Hall poiss ja nuttev Latsejärv Lajassaarel
In 1973 the folklorist Mall Hiiemäe recorded an 82-year-old woman of Kirbu village in Karula. On Lajassaare land, she said, there was supposed to be a Latsejärv, a Children's Lake, surrounded by spruce wood and spring floods. Herding sheep there as a child, she once saw a little boy in grey run straight across the water into the forest. Old people told her it was a spirit, and many others had seen it. Some said they had watched something spread out on the water like a haystack, and the crying of children had been heard from the lake.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1973. aastal salvestas folklorist Mall Hiiemäe Karula Kirbu külas 82-aastast naist. Tema sõnul pidi Lajassaare maal olema Latsejärv, mille ümber kasvas kuusik ja oli alati kevadine vesi. Lapsena seal lambaid karjatades nägi ta kord, kuidas üks väike hallis riides poisike jooksis otse üle vee metsa. Vanad inimesed ütlesid, et see on vaim, ja paljud olid teda näinud. Mõned rääkisid, et nägid vee peal midagi heinarukki moodi laiali vajumas, ning järvest olevat kuuldud laste nuttu.