Ghost story
The walled-up girl of Illuka manor
Illuka manor house was built by the Dieckhoff family in the 1880s, and since 1921 it has served as a school. Locals say it has never been quite empty at night. Some tell of a young woman bricked up alive somewhere in the main house, whose spirit still wanders its rooms; others of a school caretaker who died in the building and never left. Night watchmen have spoken of creaking doors and cold breath on the back of the neck, and one is said to have quit. The manor still stands in Illuka village and has long housed the local school.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Illuka mõisa peahoone ehitas Dieckhoffide suguvõsa 1880. aastatel ja alates 1921. aastast on seal tegutsenud kool. Kohalikud räägivad, et öösiti pole maja kunagi päris tühi. Ühed jutustavad noorest naisest, kes olevat peahoonesse elusalt sisse müüritud ja kelle vaim tubades ringi käib, teised kooli majahoidjast, kes suri hoones ega lahkunud sealt kunagi. Öövalvurid on rääkinud kriuksuvatest ustest ja külmast hingeõhust kuklas ning üks olevat seepärast töölt lahkunud. Mõis seisab endiselt Illuka külas ja seal on kaua tegutsenud kohalik kool.
Source: Põhjarannik, 'Illuka mõisa legendid ja lood' (folk tradition recorded 1932 and modern accounts) ↗