The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-25
A GHOSTLy T
VISITATION

The natives living Mt Kaimuki and
,n the region OF Palolo are greatly In
terested at present In recent pranks OF
the playful zephyrs which sweep across
the Diamond Head promontory ana
inlay hide and seek in the great, green
valley lying on the mauka side OF the
waialae car-line.
some of them are not a little per-
turbed.
II annears that the wind in the dis
4r,cts mentioned has lately developed
alarming roof-raising properties and at
least one Kahuna has been retained
by puzzled victims of the balefui breeze
10 solve the problem.
About ten days ago family We're
sitting on the veranda of their cottage
at Kaimuki when strange thing oc-
Cured. II was the afternoon of fine
and comparatively windiess day. sud
denly the roof of the fowl-house was
seen 10 leave the main structure and
10 sail through the air, in south
easterly direction, finally descending
like n great bird in an adjacent lot
6ued with lantana. The distance from
the chicken-house to the spot where
the roof fell was measured and found
to be sixty-one feet.
The roof is a very heavily framed
affair and shingled and 1t took three
strong men to replace 1t again.
The other occurrence was on the
nremises of n Mr. Stone who recently
acquired a homestead lot in Palolo VAL
lev near the foot of the mountains and
tod
place thereon. The heavy iron roof OF
n Japanese house in his lot unexpected
" took fright one day last week ana
was carried n distance of fifty odd
feet. Th's roof is estimated to weigh
over two hundred pounds and came to
earth with n crash which brought the
Stone family out of their home in a
state akin to terror. The day on which
the iron roof took an airing was also
calm, which increases the strangenes'
of the occurrence.
Both these incidents have been sub
jected to considerable discussion among
the neighbors and a diversity of opin-
ion as to the cause of the phenomena
exists.
The white folks attribute the thing
TO miniature whrlwinds, which are COM
mon in the district, but which, on ac-
count of the untenanted condition of
that part of the country have not had
a chance to do enough damage to
attract attention.
1t is apparent to the most casual OBJ
server that the wind in the eastern
suburb blows in spots.
The natives, however, have a differ
ent explanation and lay the disturbance
of property to the spirits of the dead
who are annoyed by the dissertation of
ancient places of worship and sacri-
fetal affairs
Heiaus are said to be not uncommon
in the district, which abounds with
strange stones about which weird sto-
ries are whispered by superstitious ka-
nalSas.
THE ghost no like pig and chicken
near his house" said one ancient Ha-
walian, by and by to much huhu."
Curiously enough, n short time be-
fore the occurrence at Kaimuk, the
owners Of the fowl-house had lost
pig under inexplicable circumstances.
The animal, which was in the pink of
condition, was one night, for convent
ence sake, stabbed in the chicken house.
The next morning 1t was found dead.
Other natives hold the opinion that
the ghosts and the spirits of the long
dead are irritated at the wholesale in
vestigation of heiaus in different parts
of the island and are endeavoring, by
force of fear to check the disturbance
of other similar sacred spots.
And all the time they are wondering
what awful warning will follow the
persisted pig and the soaring roofs.