| ID | #1526378499 |
| Added | Tue, 15/05/2018 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Jerome Clark, Anomalistic List, quoting Atlanta Daily Constitution November 4 1868
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The phenomenon was observed about two miles from Brooksville. One of our citizens, a well-known dealer of tobacco products residing in Brooksville, was returning home from the southern part of the County, where he bought the tobacco.He saw a terrible object in the middle of the road, immediately in front of him.
The object was about six feet (1.8 m) in height and walked upright. His face was like a human, but very pale, with curls of flame falling over his shoulders, with gray-blue eyes, ever changing in size. His hands were also similar to human, but very pale. In one hand he held a torch and the other a sword which seemed made of about four feet in length.
His lower limbs was a horse (hooves, like a horse). His tail was the length of about three feet and consisted of a flame. His breathing was agendum.
The monster went to the side of the road, and then disappeared. When the witness approached the top of the hill, he looked back and saw a creature in the same place where he first saw it. He stopped the horse and stared. The creature moved towards the witness. therefore, Pospisil to leave.
In the city, he told about the incident several citizens. When the whole company returned, not all of it was able to see the Ghost. It is believed that many people had disappeared that night without a trace.
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Original news
A wonderful phenomenon has recently made its appearance in this locale about two miles from Brooksville and has been seen by quite a number of the worthy citizens of the county. On the above date one of our citizens, a prominent tobacco merchant, residing in Brooksville was returning home from the southern portion of the county where he had been buying some crops of tobacco and belated was riding along the road when suddenly he beheld a most frightful object in the middle of the road, immediately in front of him. The “object” was about six feet in height and walked upright. The face was at times that of a man, very pale, with curls of flame falling over his shoulders, eyes of sulfurous blue, changing constantly in size, one moment large as a tin cup, and then gradually decreasing in size until it was almost invisible. Its arms were those of a man, and hands deadly pale. In one hand, it held a torch, and in the other a sword that seemed to be about four feet in length. Its lower extremity was that of a horse, with legs well proportioned, and hoofs as those of a horse. Its tail, which was about three feet in length, was of flame. Its breath was a solid sheet of fire, which vibrated with the heaving of its breast, like the pendulum of a clock. It was certainly the most frightful thing the witness ever beheld. It walked off to the side of the road, and then vanished. When it disappeared the witness immediately put spurs to his horse and galloped by the spot where he had seen it. When he arrived at the summit of the hill, about 200 yards off, he looked back and saw the creature in the same spot where he had first beheld it. He stopped his horse and watched for a moment, it walked over to the left side of the road and mounted a rail fence that stood there, and commenced running toward the witness. The witness did not stay to see remainder of the drama. He immediately rode to town, and having told the adventure to some of the citizens, they immediately formed a party and started out to see the strange visitant. When they arrived at the spot, some of them beheld the specter and the others could not see it. It was when they saw it on the fence, and running rapidly along up and down it passed the crowd for the distance of a quarter of a mile. About 2300 it vanished and was seen no more that night. Since then it has been on hand every night, and the excitement is at a very high state now and is increasing.
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