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Ghost story · 1939

The whooping spirit of Silmoja swamp and the vanishing stone

Silmoja soo huikaja ja kaduv kivi

Around Mustla village in Saarde parish, two tales from 1939 kept travellers uneasy. In the days of horse-drawn post, a postman driving the forest road beside Silmoja swamp heard someone whooping and whooped back, thinking a person was lost. A huge black shape came out of the trees, demanded to know why he had called, and began to beat him until he recited the Lord's Prayer and it fled back into the forest. On the road across Tõlla bog, a carter saw a large stone quivering; on his way back smoke was rising from it, and when the smoke cleared the stone had gone.

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

Eesti keeles

Saarde kihelkonnas Mustla küla ümbruses hoidsid kaks 1939. aastal kirja pandud lugu teekäijaid ärevil. Hobupostide ajal kuulis postimees Silmoja soo kõrval metsateel sõites kedagi huikamas ja huikas vastu, arvates, et keegi on eksinud. Metsast tuli välja suur must kogu, nõudis, miks ta hõikas, ja hakkas teda peksma, kuni mees luges meieisapalve ning kogu põgenes metsa tagasi. Tõlla raba läbival teel nägi üks vedaja suurt kivi värisemas; tagasiteel tõusis sellest suitsu ja kui suits hajus, oli kivi kadunud.

Map of the area around The whooping spirit of Silmoja swamp and the vanishing stone
58.13300° N, 25.08400° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Folklore Archives ERA II 236, 23–25 (Saarde parish, Mustla, 1939), via folklore.ee 'Rahvausundi loodus' ↗

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