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There was snow on the ground
at the time, but although | followed
the trail of blood for a whole day |
never found the beast, and | often
wondered at it's immense staying
power. The rain which followed
completely spoiled the trail for the
dogs.
Il invited young Floettum to take
coffee with me and discuss that big
bull elk, He is an intelligent type
of the Norwegian boy, about four
teen years of age. There is no affec,
tation about him, and when ne Is
asked a question he puts his elbows
on the table, covers his eyes with
his hands, and describes minutely
what he Sees
81 talk Norwegian, and | explained
t. him where | had started from.
Tim LGcw a rough map for him,
anu asked him to describe the trail
of the elk. :,
This he did with his eyes closed,
1t was an amazingly circuitous trail,
ending at a pool where. he said, the
head and leg bones now lie.
Il next asked him to draw q
straight line from the spot where
shot the elk to the pool. This was
the most amazing part OF the per-
Torrance. =,
without a moments hesitation he
drouv q STRAIGHT line from one SPOT tC
the other, with his eyes closed,
marking off with his pencil intervals
of a hundred yards. He informed
me that the spot where the head lies
is exactly 1900 yards, as the crow
flies, from the spot where | shot
the animal. =,
Zone of the intervals was a triffe
shorter than the others. When ]
asked him the reason for this he ex'
planned that he was taking into &C
count a S sharp dip in the ground at
this spot. This particular dip know
we'll, and | was more Impressed by
this little detail in the boy S drawing
than by anything else.
.+Of course l am having the spot
explored; and in a few DAYS | shall
hear if the elk head is where the
boy saw IT! | should certainly not
be surprised if it were"
Strangely enough, a few days af-
ter Sir Henry made the foregoing
statement, he received word from his
game keeper at the elk forest, that
the head and leg bones had been
found in exactly the spot described
by Johann Floettum.
All accounts agree that Johann,
a simple minded, honest lad, had NJ
idea OF putting his rare gift to his
own pecunlary advantage. He has
seemed to regard as a joke several
offers from dime museum and music
hall managers, He seems quite sat-
isfed with the gratitude of neigh
bors, and visitors from distant
parts of Norway, when his sixth
sense has solved difficulties for
them. 49,.
A year ago many farmers of his
neighborhood complained of myster-
ious losses of sheep. They went to
Johann about it, He went into his
trance like state and saw the miss
sheep shot and eaten by ripper
(red grouse) hunters, a class OF
sportsman who live on what they
can capture. -,
, This verdict, strengthened by the
prestige Of the boys fame was cir,
culated everywhere, with the result
that no more sheep were missed.
One dag in the winter a peasant
came to johann l%ammenting the loss
of his old silver watch. an heirloom
in his family. Young Floettum
saw" 1t buried in a snow drift
whrre the peasant had dropped it,
He gave an accurate description of
the spot and there the deligted old
man round his property.
A resident of a neighboring town,
a man not we'll balanced mentally
disappeared and Was searched for
in vain, Johann was appealed to,
He described a deep pool in a run
Ming by the town, and there at the
bottom Of the poo', the.body of the
demented mal was found. - =
At the present time most of the
inhabitants of Norway r exercised
the success or failure to locate Anna
Jensen a young girl stolen from
Christiana and carried of by tramps.
The boy declared that heS Saw the
girl being carried by tramps to the
sea coast, thence into the. mountains
and. there concealed ina certain
cave. ~
s'The girl is alive" he said SHUT
she has suffered terribly and is much
emaclated,"
He described the mountains and
their location with so much detail
that there was no difficulty in ident-
them. ,
More than two hundred peasants
engaged in the search for the cave.
In Christianna interest in Anna Jen.
sens fate was so intense that a large
party of soldiers equipped for
mountain travel, was sent out to
assist in the popular undertaking,
The cave was finally found, just
as it had been described by Johann
Floettum, but owing to it's size and
many winding branches, could not
then be thoroughly explored.
Sir Henry said that when he left
Norway preparations were complete
for a thorough search of every part
of the cavern, and there was a gen.
eral expectation that it would prove
successful---so firm is the, faith of
his countrymen in the occultpewers
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