The whirling spirits of Kaarlikivi

Beside the Valjala road at Sagariste village stands a great boulder known as Kaarlikivi, Charles's Stone. Local tradition demanded that every passer-by raise his hat to it. Those who did not were followed down the road by a whirling, rushing sound, as if something invisible were chasing them. At times people also saw men gathered round the stone at night and a fire burning beside it, which vanished when anyone came near. Who the men were, nobody could say. The story was recorded for the Saaremaa folklore collection. Today the boulder still lies in the countryside of Saaremaa parish, between Kaali and Valjala.