The grey boy of the plague at Hellamaa

During a terrible plague people thought each day might be their last, so they drank and danced every evening. One night at Huusi farm in Hellama village the plague appeared at the window as a small grey boy and said: whoever sees me dies, whoever does not will live. Everyone pushed to the window to look. Only those too short to see over the others' heads survived. In a later plague, the tale says, Hiiumaa was so empty that a voice carried from Sarve to Reigi church.