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VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE WAS A BOY WHO WENT TO A PARTY AND DANCED ALL NIGHT
WITH A GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE. HE ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HIM AGAIN, BUT SHE SAID SHE NEVER COULD.
HE TOOK HER HOME REMEMBERING THAT SHE FELT VERY COLD.
THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES TO DIFFERENT BOYS. THEY
WERE FRIENDS, SO THEY DECIDED TO ALL GO TO HER HOUSE.
WHEN THEY DID, A WOMAN ANSWERED THE DOOR AND SAID THAT NO
ONE LIVED THERE WITH THAT DESCRIPTION. THEN ONE OF THE
BOYS SAW THE GIRL'S PICTURE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THE WOMAN
SAID THAT SHE WAS HER DAUGHTER AND HAD BEEN DEAD OVER A
YEAR. THE BOYS DECIDED TO DIG UP HER COFFIN. WHEN THEY
DID, THEY FOUND THAT SHE HAD NOT DECAYED AND THAT SHE HAD
ON A WHITE DRESS THAT WAS SOILED. THESE BOYS CRACKED UP AND
ARE NOW IN AN INSANE ASYLUM.
Submitter comment:
BOYS DANCE WITH COLD GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE. MOTHER IDENTIFIES HER AS
GHOST THROUGH PICTURE. EXHUMED BODY IS NOT DECAYED AND WEARS A WHITE
DRESS. BOYS GO INSANE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
SPIRIT LEGEND
THE RILEY FAMILY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE HAD A VERY RELIGIOUS
ANCESTER WHO HAD BECOME A NUN AND SPENT HER LIFE IN THE
CONVENT PRAYING FOR THE SOULS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WHEN
SHE DIED, EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY WAS CERTAIN THAT SHE
IMMEDIATELY WENT UP TO HEAVEN FOR HER ETERNAL REWARD.
HER FATHER, PATRICK'S GRANDFATHER, DIED SEVERAL YEARS AFTER
THE DAUGHTER. HIS DEATH TOOK PLACE IN HIS OWN HOME, FOR
HE HAD LAIN DOWN TO TAKE A REST ON THE COUCH IN THE LIVING
ROOM WHEN A HEART ATTACK CAME UPON HIM AND HE DIED.
THE LEGEND GOES, THAT AT THE EXACT MOMENT OF HIS DEATH,
THE DRAPERIES IN THE LIVING ROOM OF HIS HOME ROSE UP INTO
THE FORM OF PRAYING HANDS, THOUGHT TO BE THOSE OF THE
DAUGHTER UP IN HEAVEN PRAYING FOR THE QUICK JOURNEY OF
HER OWN FATHER TO JOIN HER.
Submitter comment:
DRAPERIES FORM PRAYING HANDS BETOKEN PRAYING HANDS OF DEAD NUN
FOR HER FATHER AT THE MOMENT OF HIS DEATH.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; ARLINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET
TURKS AFTER THEY DIE RETURN TO HAUNT CHRISTIANS.
THERE WAS NOISE UNDER OUR HOUSE WHERE WE KEPT THE HORSES.
MY MOTHER WENT DOWN TO LOOK BUT SHE SAW NO ONE AND SHE LOCKED
THE DOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE THE HORSES IN THE MORNING,
SHE FOUND A DEAD TURK'S BODY. THEY ONLY LIVE AT NIGHT TO
HAUNT.
Submitter comment: ARMENIAN BELIEF THAT TURKISH GHOSTS HAUNT CHRISTIANS AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET WHILE HITCHHIKING IN 1936,
WE WERE GOING TO NEW YORK. WE HAD GOTTEN A RIDE FROM A FARMER BUT HE HAD TO LEAVE US ON THE
OPEN ROAD. MY FRIEND AND I DECIDED TO REST ON A BLUFF WHERE WE COULD SEE IF ANY CARS WERE COMING.
WE WERE THERE FOR A WHILE WHEN WE HEARD FOOTSTEPS. THE MOON WAS FULL AND WE WERE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T
SEE ANYBODY ON THE ROAD. AN OLD MAN WAS WALKING TOWARD US. AFTER EXCHANGING GREETINGS, HE ASKED IF WE
WERE HUNGRY. HE THEN OFFERED US A COCONUT HE GOT FROM A FARMER. HE SLOWLY WALKED AWAY AND DISAPPEARED
FROM OUR SIGHT. I CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BLUFF ONLY TO FIND A CEMETERY. SCARED, WE WENT TO THE ROAD
AND HITCHED A RIDE TO A DINER. THERE THE SHERIFF WAS DESCRIBING AN OLD MAN, THE ONE WE MET. HE HAD BEEN
DEAD FOR FOUR WEEKS. WHEN WE HEARD THIS, WE FAINTED. AFTER TELLING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHERIFF, HE TOLD
US THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IT HAD HAPPENED IN TWO WEEKS.
Submitter comment: GHOST NEAR CEMETERY OFFERS COCONUT TO TRAVELERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEMORATE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
LEGEND
ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, MY AUNT AND UNCLE, MARY AND PAT KELLY,
OWNED A HOME ON A HILL ABOUT THREE MILES OUT OF MASSON, QUE-
BEC {CANADA}. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL LIVED A FAMILY
BY THE NAME OF ROBETAILLE. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHTS, THE ROBETAILLES GAVE A SQUARE DANCE FOR THE
COMMUNITY. THE WHOLE FAMILY PLAYED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
WHEN THE LAST ROBETAILLE DIED, JOE "THE FIDDLER" THE DAY
AFTER HIS FUNERAL MARY KELLY HEARD MUSIC COMING FROM THE
ROBETAILLE HOUSE. SHE WENT AND GOT PAT KELLY AND HE
HEARD THE MUSIC ALSO. EVERYONE ON THE STREET HEARD THE
MUSIC, SO THEY WENT AND GOT THEIR PARISH PRIEST, FR.
ROTHIER. HE LISTENED AND HEARD THE MUSIC ALSO. HE SAID
IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS THEIR SPIRITS PLAYING AND
THAT IT WAS A SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAD HELPED THE YOUNG
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN WITH THEIR MUSIC. THIS CONTINUED
EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HOUSE WAS PUT UP
FOR SALE BUT NO ONE WOULD BUY IT, SO IT WAS TORN DOWN.
ONCE AFTER IT HAD BEEN TORN DOWN, THEY HEARD THE FIDDLE
PLAYING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS THAT THIS IS TRUE FOR WHEN THEY WERE
ALIVE, SHE HEARD THE ROBETAILLES PLAY.
SOUNDS OF SQUARE DANCE MUSIC HEARD FROM HOUSE AND ITS SITE EVEN AFTER
LAST FIDDLER DIES.
KELLY AND ROBETAILLE FAMILIES, NEAR MASSON, QUEBEC, FATHER ROTHIER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CANADA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-24-1972
GHOST STORY
THE THIRD FLOOR STACKS OF THE LIBRARY AT U. OF D. USED TO
BE A PSYCHOLOGY LAB AND ONE NIGHT A PSYCH PROFESSOR WAS
MURDERED THERE. SO NOW HIS GHOST HAUNTS THE LIBRARY
STACKS, ESPECIALLY ON 3M. ONE DAY IT REARRANGED SOME
BOOKS OR DID SOME TYPE OF WORK FOR MARK. HE CAME TO DO
THE WORK AND IT WAS ALREADY DONE FOR HIM.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN A KIDDING MANNER. HE WAS TRYING TO SCARE ME.
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE
ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS A GOOD SPIRIT,
OR GHOST. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT SHE WAS LYING AWAKE
IN BED LATE ONE NIGHT ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. SHE HEARD A
CREAKING NOISE OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM AND SAW
THE FIGURE OF THE WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR AND A WHITE
NIGHTGOWN GLIDE BY INTO THE LIVING ROOM. SHE THOUGHT
ONE OF HER FOUR DAUGHTERS HAD COME DOWNSTAIRS, BUT SHE
HAD HEARD NO ONE ON THE STAIRWAY. MRS. TROIANI GOT OUT
OF BED AND WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE. SHE THEN WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND ALL FOUR
DAUGHTERS FAST ASLEEP. THE DAUGHTERS INSIST STILL THAT
THEY DID NOT GO DOWNSTAIRS THAT NIGHT. MRS. TROIANI
BELIEVES THAT SHE SAW THE "SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; AUBURN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
LEGEND ABOUT AN IRISHMAN
THERE ONCE WAS AN IRISHMAN NAMED JACK. JACK WAS KICKED
OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF HIS MISERLINESS. HE WAS
STOPPED AT HELL'S GATE BY THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF ALL THE
PRACTICAL JOKES HE HAD PLAYED ON THE DEVIL. SO NOW HE
WALKS THE EARTH, BOBBING FOR APPLES, TELLING FORTUNES
AND GHOST STORIES WITH HIS LANTERN UNTIL JUDGEMENT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: 10-29-1971
GHOST STORY
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL AND HER 9 HEAR OLD BROTHER WERE HOME
ALONE ONE DISMAL HALLOWEEN NIGHT. AS THEY STOOD ON THE
PORCH WATCHING THE FEW STRAGGLING TRICK-OR-TREATERS, THEY
SAW A WHITE FIGURE MOVING IN THE CEMETERY WHICH WAS JUST
THREE HOUSES AND ONE RAILROAD TRACK AWAY. AT FIRST
OF COURSE, THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE SEEING THINGS--UNTIL
THE WHITE FIGURE STARTED COMING TOWARD THEM. BY THE
TIME THE FIGURE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACKS THEY WERE
QUITE FRIGHTENED--RAN INTO THE HOUSE, LOCKED THE DOORS
AND TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER THE
DOORBELL BEGAN TO RING. IT SEEMED LIKE IT RANG FOR A
HUNDRED YEARS UNTIL FINALLY THEY HEARD THEIR PARENTS'
CAR PULL IN THE DRIVEWAY. WHAT A RELIEF! THE DOOR
OPENED AND THE CHILDREN HEARD SOME LAUGHING. THE
FATHER CALLED THE CHILDREN--"COME AND SAY HELLO TO YOUR
UNCLE, HE'S BEEN RINGING THE DOORBELL FOR THE LAST
HALF HOUR. HE SAID NEXT TIME HE WON'T COME DRESSED
AS A GHOST."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A TRUE STORY. ALTHOUGH I KNEW BOTH
CHILDREN INVOLVED, I DID NOT HEAR THIS DIRECTLY FROM
THEM. I MYSELF BELIEVE IT WAS NOTHING BUT A FANTASTIC
RUMOR CIRCLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
SCARE STORY
ON THE WEST SIDE OF DETROIT THERE IS A STREET CALLED
BECK ROAD AND AT THE END OF THE ROAD IS AN OLD FARM
HOUSE. THE FARM HOUSE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE TILL YOU
ARE RIGHT UP TO IT, THIS IS CAUSED BY THE WEIRD
FORMATION OF THE TREES ALONG THE ROAD. WHEN YOU DRIVE
DOWN THIS ROAD A LIGHT RESEMBLING THE SUN FOLOWS YOUR
CAR; IT NEVER CATCHES UP TO THE CAR OR DOES ANY HARM.
Submitter comment:
KATHY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT BUT DID THINK IT WAS
INTERESTING. SHE USED TO GO DOWN THE STREET WITH
FRIENDS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE EIGTH AND NINTH GRADES.
MYSTERIOUS HARMLESS LIGHT FOLLOWS CARS ON BECK RD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
PHANTOM STORY
ONE NIGHT GUIDO'S FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE RIDING
HOME IN A HORSE-DRAWN WAGON WHEN THEY SAW SOMETHING
STRANGE IN THE ROAD UP AHEAD (GUIDO'S FATHER WAS A
YOUNG BOY IN ITALY AT THE TIME). IT LOOKED LIKE A
BALL OF LIGHT AND IT WAS MOVING CLOSER. AS IT MOVED
CLOSER, THE HORSES STARTED TO SPOOK. GUIDO'S
GRANDFATHER REACHED FOR A RIFLE HE HAD IN THE WAGON AND
STARTED TO FIRE AT THE THING. HIS GRANDFATHER WAS SAID
TO BE A GOOD SHOT WITH A RIFLE, BUT THE BULLETS DID
NOTHING. THE HORSES WENT WILD, TIPPED OVER THE WAGON,
BROKE THE HARNESS AND RAN OFF. BOTH WERE THROWN FROM THE
WAGON. GUIDO'S GRANDFATHER GASHED HIS HAND AS HE FELL
ON THE ROAD.
EVENTUALLY, THE BALL OF LIGHT MOVED PAST AND DISAPPEARED,
NEVER TO BE SEEN BY EITHER OF THEM AGAIN. THE HORSES
WERE LATER FOUND IN A DITCH WITH THEIR NECKS BROKEN.
WHEN GUIDO WENT BACK TO ITALY SOME YEARS AGO, HE
SAW THE SCAR THAT MARKS THE GASH HIS GRANDFATHER GOT
ON HIS HAND ON THE STRANGE NIGHT.
Submitter comment: STRANGE BALL OF LIGHT SPOOKS HORSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
THUMP-DRAG
ONCE THERE WAS A COUNSELOR WHO WENT TO REACH FOR SOMETHING
IN THE NATURE HUT AND SPILLED ACID ON HIS FACE. HE TRIED
TO GET TO THE LAKE TO WASH HIS FACE, ON THE WAY DOWN HE
BROKE HIS LEG. HE IS SAID TO WALK THROUGH THE CAMP NOW.
AT NIGHT YOU CAN HEAR THE THUMP-DRAG OF HIS LEG AND CAN
SEE HIS FACE IN THE WINDOW OF THE NATURE HUT.
Submitter comment:
FACE OF CAMP COUNSELOR IS SCARRED BY ACID. CALLED THUMP-DRAG BECAUSE
OF HIS BROKEN LEG. CAN STILL BE SEEN AND HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
SPIRIT LEGEND
A WOMAN WAS DYING IN THE HOSPITAL WITH CANCER, AND HER
HUSBAND SPENT LONG VIGILS BY HER BEDSIDE NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT, KNOWING SHE WAS SOON TO LEAVE THIS WORLD.
MANY OF THE WOMAN'S FRIENDS ALSO SPENT SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS WORRYING AND PRAYING FOR HER. ONE NIGHT, THE
HUSBAND AND MANY OF THE FRIENDS LEFT THE HOSPITAL AND WENT
BACK TO THE WOMAN'S HOUSE TO PRAY FOR HER. THEY WENT
OUT TO A SMALL, WELL LIT GROTTO IN THE COUPLE'S BACKYARD
AND KNELT AROUND THE GROTTO, PRAYING ALOUD FOR THE WOMAN.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PRAYERS, SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS WENT
OUT IN THE GROTTO AND THEY WERE LEFT IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
THE HUSBAND RUSHED INTO THE HOUSE AND CALLED THE HOSPITAL,
ONLY TO FIND THAT HIS WIFE HAD JUST DIED, AT EXACTLY THE
SAME SECOND THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT IN THE GROTTO. THE
NEXT DAY, THE HUSBAND HAD A GROUP OF ELECTRICIANS COME
OUT TO THE HOUSE TO CHECK THE GROTTO AND FIND OUT WHY
THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT. OVER AND OVER THE MEN EXAMINED
THE WIRING BUT FAILED EVERY TIME TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG
WITH THE ELECTRICITY IN THE GROTTO. THE GRIEVING
HUSBAND HAD TECHNICIANS AND ELECTRICIANS FROM ALL OVER
THE CITY EXAMINE HIS BACKYARD BUT NONE COULD FIND
ANYTHING WRONG NOR COULD THEY MAKE THE LIGHTS COME
BACK ON. AFTER ONE YEAR, TO THE EXACT MINUTE THAT THE
WOMAN HAD DIED IN THE HOSPITAL, THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON
OF THEIR OWN ACCORD, AND SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN WORKING
PERFECTLY.
Submitter comment: LIGHTS GO OUT AT EXACT MOMENT OF LADY'S DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
THE WHITE LADY
I HAVE HEARD THIS STORY MANY TIMES. IF YOU PARK ON
BELLE ISLE, NEAR THE WOODS, AND IF IT IS AFTER 12
MIDNIGHT, YOU MAY BE VISITED BY THE WHITE LADY.
SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL LADY WHO IS DRESSED IN A WHITE
TUNIC OR NEGLIGEE AND HAS LONG FLOWING BLOND HAIR.
BEWARE OF HER. SHE WOULD TRY TO TAKE YOUR
BOYFRIEND BY GRABBING HIS HEAD. SHE HAD A HUSBAND
WHOM SHE LOST AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM OR FOR A
REPLACEMENT FOR HIM. SO BE CAREFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
LATE AT NIGHT, A FEW YEARS AGO, IN ENGLAND AS THE
SIGN-OFF ENDED A TEST PATTERN WITH A CHANNEL AND
CALL LETTERS APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE VIEWERS,
NOT RECOGNIZING THE STATION CALLED UP TO ASK WHAT
IT WAS. BBC REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SENDING THEIR
OWN TEST PATTERN OUT. THEY CHECKED UP TO FIND
THE REGISTRATION OF THE CALL LETTERS AND CHANNEL.
THEY BELONGED TO A STATION IN OHIO, U.S.A., THAT
HAD LEFT THE AIR 12 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: ENGLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: A FEW YEARS AGO
A FRIEND OF MINE FROM CHICAGO ONCE TOLD ME THAT A
PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF A DEAD RELATIVE OF HIS, WHILE
THAT PERSON WAS IN THE COFFIN IN THE HOME OF THE
DECEASED. WHEN THE PICTURE WAS DEVELOPED, IT
SHOWED THREE PERSONS STANDING BEHIND THE COFFIN
WHO HAD DIED YEARS BEFORE.
Where learned: CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MYSTERIOUS BLACK DOG
ONE DAY, OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY, A STRANGE LITTLE
BLACK SHEPHERD DOG WALKED INTO DAISY'S FAMILY'S HOME.
HE MINDED THE TABLE, PROTECTED ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS,
AND JUMPED ON STRANGERS WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE HOUSE.
THREE WEEKS LATER HE DISAPPEARED. DAISY SAID, "HE
CAME WITH THE WIND AND LEFT WITH THE WIND."
NOW DAISY WAS NAMED AFTER HER AUNT WHO LIVED FOUR
HOUSES FROM THEM AT THE TIME. HER AUNT'S HUSBAND,
WHO WAS DAISY'S UNCLE, DIED. SHE HONESTLY SAID
THAT THIS SMALL STRANGE BLACK DOG WAS THE GHOST OF
HER UNCLE WHO HAD DIED NOT TOO MANY DAYS BEFORE
THE LITTLE DOG WALKED INTO THEIR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-23-1964
MY MOTHER USED TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT MY DAD AND SOME
OF HIS OLD CRONIES. THEY USED TO GO INTO TOWN EVERY
NIGHT AND HAVE A FEW DRINKS. YA SEE THEY LIVED ON A
FARM. WELL, THEY KNOWED THIS OLD MAN WHO HAD A DOG.
HE USED TO COME HOME EVERY NIGHT AND HIS DOG WOULD
RUN OUT TO MEET HIM. THEN THEY'S SIT ON THE STEPS
AND THE MAN WOULD PAT HIM AND TALK SOME WITH MY DAD
AND THE OTHER MEN. WELL THIS MAN DIED. AFTER THAT,
EVERY NIGHT AT THE TIME THE FELLOWS WOULD BE WALKING
HOME, THAT DOG USED TO RUN OUT TO THAT SAME SPOT IN THE
ROAD WHERE HE USED TO MEET HIS MASTER. THEN HE'D RUN
BACK TO THE STEPS STOPPIN' EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND
MAKE JUST AS IF THE OLD MAN WERE PATTIN' HIM. THE
DOG WOULD RUN TO THE STEPS AND LAY DOWN JUST LIKE
HE ALWAYS DID. HE'D WAG HIS TAIL, AND BARK JUST AS
IF THE MAN WAS TALKIN' TO HIM. MY DAD AND HIS FRIENDS
REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT DOG WAS SURE ENOUGH SEEIN'
THE OLD MAN'S GHOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STRASBURG STREET
SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN DETROIT, THERE WAS A GIRL KILLED
ON STRASBURG STREET. SHE WAS PRESENT IN SPIRIT AND
WAS TRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION BY POUNDING ON
CARS AND CRYING FOR HELP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE IS AN ISLAND AT THE FOOT OF ALTER ROAD IN DETROIT
{MICHIGAN} THAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SITE OF INDIAN
BURIALS AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU LISTEN REAL
CLOSELY THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE INDIANS
IN THE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-18-1969