Fire, flood or disaster · 01.1865
Two girls and a man against a wolf at Pihla, Karja
Kaks tüdrukut ja mees hundi vastu Pihlas Karja kihelkonnas
At the turn of 1864–65 two farm girls, aged 15 and 17, were walking home on the Pihla estate in Karja parish, Saaremaa, when a wolf leapt out of a bush at the first of them. The other girl grabbed a stick and struck it on the head, and the wolf turned on her. A man who heard their screams ran for his gun but at first dared not fire; his shot only wounded its forelegs. The wolf then went for him, and he finally wrestled it down by the jaw. On 2 January the girls were brought to the doctor in Kuressaare, badly hurt.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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1864. ja 1865. aasta vahetusel olid kaks talutüdrukut, 15- ja 17-aastane, Saaremaal Karja kihelkonnas Pihla vallas naaberkülast koju minemas, kui põõsa tagant kargas hunt esimese kallale. Teine haaras kaika ja virutas hundile pähe, mille peale loom tormas tema kallale. Karjumist kuulnud mees jooksis püssi järele, kuid ei julgenud lasta, kui hunt nii lähedal oli; kui ta lõpuks laskis, haavas ta vaid looma esijalgu. Siis kargas hunt mehe kallale, kuni mees sai tal alalõuast kinni ja surus ta maha. 2. jaanuaril toodi tüdrukud raskelt vigastatuna Kuressaarde arsti juurde.