Ghost story
The sleepwalking girls of the Ärina woods
In 1979 Alfred Võrno of Pandivere told folklorist Mall Hiiemäe what his brother-in-law had seen, and he was no coward. He lived at Ärina, and one night after a party he walked a girl home to Vao, straight through the forest. In a low, boggy hollow they saw two girls coming towards them. They walked stiffly, almost mechanically, and then seemed to vanish. Afterwards he went to the farm the girls came from. They were asleep. He asked their mother whether they had been out that night. "No," she said. "They went to bed in the evening and slept the whole time."
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1979. aastal rääkis Pandivere küla mees Alfred Võrno folklorist Mall Hiiemäele, mida oli näinud tema õemees, kes polnud sugugi argpüks. Ta elas Ärinal ja läks ühel ööl pärast pidu üht tüdrukut otse läbi metsa Vaosse saatma. Madalas soonikus nägid nad, et vastu tuleb kaks tüdrukut. Need käisid kuidagi masinlikult, poolkangelt, ja siis nagu kadusid ära. Hiljem läks õemees sinna perre, kust tüdrukud olid. Tüdrukud magasid. Ta küsis emalt, kas tüdrukud on täna väljas käinud. "Ei ole," vastas ema. "Õhtul heitsid magama ja on kogu aeg maganud."