Ghost story · 1939
The man in black on Kerikuniit, Ruuksu
Must mees Kerikuniidul Ruuksus
In 1939 a pupil of Rõuge school wrote down what his 61-year-old father told him about the land around Kirja farm in Ruuksu village. About two kilometres north of the farm, he said, a church had once stood; nothing remained of it but a meadow still called Kerikuniit, Church Meadow. At night a man in a black coat was sometimes seen there, though the vision lasted only a moment before it vanished. Some people believed it was the spirit of the old church's pastor, still keeping watch over the place where his congregation once gathered.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1939. aastal pani üks Rõuge koolipoiss kirja, mida tema 61-aastane isa rääkis Ruuksu küla Kirja talu ümbruse kohta. Umbes paar kilomeetrit talust põhja pool olevat kunagi seisnud kirik; sellest polnud järel muud kui heinamaa, mida kutsutakse tänini Kerikuniiduks. Öösiti nähti seal vahel musta kuuega meest, kuid nägemus kestis vaid hetke ja kadus siis. Mõned arvasid, et see on vana kiriku õpetaja vaim, kes valvab endiselt paika, kus tema kogudus kord kokku käis.