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Ghost story · 1894

The spooks' sauna in the Kitsi spruce grove, Karksi

Tontide saun Kitsi kuusikus Karksis

In 1894 a Karksi man described the spook of Kitsi farm, which lived in a dense spruce grove where two farm roads forked. It showed passers-by strange sights and sometimes invited them in, and every Saturday night the spooks could be heard whisking themselves with sauna switches and splashing water, though if several people came to look, they sank out of sight. Next to it was an old offering garden. When the family turned Orthodox, a priest had the offering garden buried and blessed. For three nights the spook begged the farmer for a new home, then rode off towards Lake Virtsjärv on a black horse.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1894. aastal kirjeldas üks Karksi mees Kitsi talu tonti, kes elas kahe taluteeharu vahel paksus kuusikus. Ta näitas möödujatele imelikke nägemusi ja kutsus vahel võõraks, igal laupäeva ööl aga kostis kuusikust tontide vihtlemist ja vee loksumist, kuid kui mitu inimest vaatama läks, kadusid nad nagu maa alla. Kõrval oli vana ohvriaed. Kui talurahvas võttis vastu vene usu, lasi preester ohvriaia maasse matta ja koha õnnistada. Kolm ööd palus tont peremehelt uut aset, siis ratsutas ta musta hobuse seljas Virtsjärve poole minema.

Map of the area around The spooks' sauna in the Kitsi spruce grove, Karksi
58.11050° N, 25.71650° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives E 10241/2 (Karksi parish, 1894), Lõuna-Eesti pärimuse portaal ↗

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