Ghost story · 1939
The Swedish dead by the railway at Valgemetsa
Rootsi langenute vaimud raudtee ääres Valgemetsas
A man from Leevi gave precise directions in 1939: walk from Valgemetsa station towards Tartu to the fourth railway crossing, turn right to a fork, and at the corner under the woods of Pulga farm you find many pits and hummocks. There, it was said, the Swedes buried their fallen in wartime. Herdsmen often saw spirits there, believed to be the soldiers longing to rest in their home soil and guarding the gold buried with them. One dark night, the story goes, Swedes came, opened the graves and took the gold, leaving 'ten thousand' written in the sand.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Leevi mees juhatas 1939. aastal täpselt: mine Valgemetsa jaamast Tartu poole neljanda raudteeülesõiduni, keera paremale teeharuni ja kohe nurgas Pulga talu metsa all on palju auke ja kühme. Räägiti, et sinna matsid rootslased sõja ajal oma langenuid. Karjased nägid seal tihti vaime, kelleks peeti sõdureid, kes ihkasid kodumaa mullas puhata ja valvasid nendega maetud kulda. Ühel pimedal ööl olevat aga rootslased tulnud, hauad lahti kaevanud ja kulla ära viinud, jättes liiva sisse kirja „kümme tuhat“.
Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 241, 176/7 (Võnnu parish, 1939), Lõuna-Eesti pärimuse portaal ↗