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THE GHOSTS OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN

A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A CIRCUS TRAIN THAT WAS
TRAVELING TO ITS NEXT SHOWPLACE.
THE TRAIN SOMEHOW DERAILED. ALL OF THE CIRCUS WORKERS
AND ANIMALS WERE KILLED. THEY WERE BURIED IN A NEARBY
CEMETERY. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IF YOU GO THERE LATE
AT NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCUS PEOPLE AND ANIMALS
WANDERING AROUND. OR, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE
SOUNDS OF A TRAIN AND ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS.

Submitter comment: HE WAS A SCHOOLMATE OF MINE.

Where learned: OLDER BROTHER ; DRIVING AROUND TOWN

Keyword(s): CIRCUS

Subject headings:

PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 00-00-1978 ; 00-00-1980

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RIDDLE

IF HE HAD SEEN THE SAWDUST HE WOULDN'T HAVE DIED. WHY?
-- HE WAS A BLIND MIDGET WHO WORKED IN THE CIRCUS. HIS WHITE
CANE WAS ACCIDENTALLY CUT OR SAWED OFF. WHEN HE WOKE IN
MORNING, HIS CANE WOULDN'T TOUCH THE GROUND. THEREFORE, HE
KILLED HIMSELF BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD GROWN AND WOULD
LOSE HIS JOB IN THE CIRCUS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): CIRCUS

Subject headings:

RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 03-01-1972

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