As a ghost hunter I am someone who always tries to keep an open mind.
I do believe that people sense animals that have passed.
I've even been privy to helping those meetings between human and animal happen, so it is no surprise to me that ghost stories about animals exist.
This one comes to us from the World's News APRIL 1938
THE GHOST OF A DOG
True story - Sent in by A.B., Gatton, Qld.
Although I have never professed to believe in the supernatural, I once had a peculiar, and unexplained, experience.
I had secured a job in a country district, and once a month, on my week-end off, 1 used to ride to a friend's place, five miles away.
About half-way was a cemetery, and as I was passing the spot one Sunday night, I heard a faint patter of footsteps behind me.
I looked round, but could see nothing, although I could have sworn that 1 heard heavy breathing, almost like a dog panting.
Feeling a little eerie, I had set my horse into a canter, when suddenly, the air was shattered by the mournful howl of a dog.
Deciding that there evidently had been a dog, I thought no more about it until the following month when my previous experience was repeated. This time it was bright moonlight, but, though I pulled my horse up, could not see the dog which 1 felt sure was trailing me.
Nevertheless, a few moments later, I heard again the weird howling of a dog.
Next day, I happened to mention my experience to my employer, and a curious expression flitted across his face.
"I've heard that yarn before," he said, "but as the people who told it were naturally superstitious and knew the history of the dog, I didn't put too much faith in it.
Pressed for an explanation, he continued. "Some years ago an old man who, for years had lived alone except for his dog, died.
The old dog wouldn't leave the body, and it took two men to pull it away and tie it up.
When the hearse left the cottage, the dog howled and strained at its chain.
Evidently it succeeded in smashing the chain because, just as the coffin was being lowered, the dog rushed up to the cemetery.
It had run six miles, and it proved too much for the poor brute.
He just dropped dead.
"Since then, several people say they have heard it's ghost howling or trotting down the road near the cemetery, but personally, 1 have not had the experience."
He may not have, but I had, though it was not repeated, for after that I chose a road which did not pass the cemetery.
I do believe that people sense animals that have passed.
I've even been privy to helping those meetings between human and animal happen, so it is no surprise to me that ghost stories about animals exist.
This one comes to us from the World's News APRIL 1938
THE GHOST OF A DOG
True story - Sent in by A.B., Gatton, Qld.
Although I have never professed to believe in the supernatural, I once had a peculiar, and unexplained, experience.
I had secured a job in a country district, and once a month, on my week-end off, 1 used to ride to a friend's place, five miles away.
About half-way was a cemetery, and as I was passing the spot one Sunday night, I heard a faint patter of footsteps behind me.
I looked round, but could see nothing, although I could have sworn that 1 heard heavy breathing, almost like a dog panting.
Feeling a little eerie, I had set my horse into a canter, when suddenly, the air was shattered by the mournful howl of a dog.
Deciding that there evidently had been a dog, I thought no more about it until the following month when my previous experience was repeated. This time it was bright moonlight, but, though I pulled my horse up, could not see the dog which 1 felt sure was trailing me.
Nevertheless, a few moments later, I heard again the weird howling of a dog.
Next day, I happened to mention my experience to my employer, and a curious expression flitted across his face.
"I've heard that yarn before," he said, "but as the people who told it were naturally superstitious and knew the history of the dog, I didn't put too much faith in it.
Pressed for an explanation, he continued. "Some years ago an old man who, for years had lived alone except for his dog, died.
The old dog wouldn't leave the body, and it took two men to pull it away and tie it up.
When the hearse left the cottage, the dog howled and strained at its chain.
Evidently it succeeded in smashing the chain because, just as the coffin was being lowered, the dog rushed up to the cemetery.
It had run six miles, and it proved too much for the poor brute.
He just dropped dead.
"Since then, several people say they have heard it's ghost howling or trotting down the road near the cemetery, but personally, 1 have not had the experience."
He may not have, but I had, though it was not repeated, for after that I chose a road which did not pass the cemetery.
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