Ghost story · 1939
The phantom cow of Labasaare bog
Labasaare raba viirastuslehm
In Soohara village near Veriora, a story told in 1939 recalls Joosep of Kivitäri farm, who herded cattle as a boy. When a cow called Tõõsik went missing, his mother sent him to search Labasaare bog. At the edge he saw Tõõsik standing far out on the quaking bog without sinking. However he called, she walked slowly away along the bog and, running, he could never catch up. Then he heard his mother shouting that Tõõsik had been found. He went home and found the cow calmly grazing in the yard, yet for the rest of his life he insisted he had seen her out in the bog.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Veriora lähedal Soohara külas räägiti 1939. aastal Kivitäri talu Joosepist, kes käis poisina karjas. Kui lehm nimega Tõõsik kadus, saatis ema ta Labasaare rabast otsima. Raba serval nägi poiss Tõõsikut kaugel õõtsuval rabal seismas, ilma et ta oleks sisse vajunud. Kuidas poiss ka ei hõiganud, lehm kõndis aeglaselt mööda raba eemale ja jooksev poiss ei saanud teda kätte. Siis kuulis ta ema hüüdmas, et Tõõsik on leitud. Kodus sõi lehm rahulikult õue peal, kuid Joosep kinnitas kogu elu, et nägi teda selgelt rabas.