Ghost story
The two-headed watcher of Karkuse manor
A free peasant woman at Karkuse manor near Tapa used to keep the lady company at night when she was home alone. The lady loved cards and talked her into playing. At midnight came a clatter from the next room. The door flew open and a white calf walked straight towards the players. The women ran shrieking into another room, and there stood an open coffin with an old man beside it. He had two heads, one human and one like a calf's, and held a three-pronged iron fork. When they came back with the maids, there was nothing but dust on the tables and chairs. The lady gave up cards for good.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Karkuse mõisas käis üks vabatnaine öösiti proua seltsiks, kui proua üksi kodus oli. Proua armastas kaarte mängida ja sundis naist kaasa mängima. Südaööl kostis kõrvaltoast kolinat. Uks lendas lahti ja valge vasikas tuli otse mängijate poole. Naised jooksid kisades teise tuppa, kuid seal seisis keset põrandat lahtine puusärk ja selle kõrval istus vanamees. Tal oli kaks pead, üks inimese ja teine vasika moodi, ning käes kolmeharuline raudhark. Kui nad tüdrukutega tagasi tulid, ei olnud seal midagi, laudade ja toolide peal ainult tolm. Proua jättis kaardimängu jäädavalt maha.
Source: M. J. Eisen, 'Kodused jutud' (no. 146; J. Ekemann < Jaan Käspert, Tapa, 1893) ↗