Ghost story
The moaning bone of Varbola stronghold
Varbola was the largest stone stronghold of ancient Estonia, and its forest hides old graves; in one, thirty-two people were found buried in secret layers after Christianity had already arrived. A local legend tells of a man who went out to cut oats near the stronghold and heard someone moaning in the grass. Searching, he found the end of a human bone sticking out of the ground. He buried it properly, and the moaning stopped. In 2004 two mushroom pickers in the same woods claimed to meet a huge grey-haired figure over two metres tall, with a pointed hood, which slipped behind a bush and vanished. The ring walls of Varbola are an open-air heritage site.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Varbola oli muistse Eesti suurim kivilinnus ja selle mets peidab vanu haudu – ühest leiti kolmkümmend kaks inimest, kes olid maetud salaja kihtidena juba pärast ristiusu saabumist. Kohalik muistend räägib mehest, kes läks linnuse lähedale kaera lõikama ja kuulis rohus kedagi oigamas. Otsides leidis ta maast välja turritava inimluu otsa. Ta mattis selle korralikult ja oigamine lakkas. 2004. aastal väitsid kaks seenelist, et kohtasid samas metsas üle kahe meetri pikkust halli karvast kuju teravatipulise kapuutsiga, kes libises põõsa taha ja kadus. Varbola ringmüürid on vabaõhu muinsuspaik.
Source: Local legend and a 2004 sighting featured in 'Eesti kummitused' (Kanal 2, 2008), via Elu24. ↗