Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-21
THAT GHOST MOOSE
WEIRD PHANTOM THAT RoAMs
MAINE FOREST.
Remarkable Stories Of Spirit Animal
Told by 6uldes-All Sorts Of
Disturbances Caused by
.F- His Antics.

II the stories of guides to the north
Of here can be relied upon ghost"
moose is at large west of Molunkus
river and is creating all sorts OF dis.
turbances. Whether the spirit OF Il
moose roams the forests, or whether
the animal Is OF flesh and blood and
educated To the ways OF man. 1t mat
tcrs little SO long AZ he has completely
terrorized the guides.
The phantom was first seen. so re-
port has II. by one Sandy Hill. who
was In charge of a party OF Massachu'
sets sportsmen camped beyond the
old pattcn stage road. The crowd
was out one afternoon when the
moose suddenly showed up within
range Of the guns OF three OF the party,
and they fired simultaneously. The
moose dropped. and II was noted that
he looked at his slayers with mild.
fearful eyes. As there was no time TO
dress the animal. II being late In the
day. the carcass was hung on tree,
bled and allowed to remain over night.
Next morning the moose was gone,
and his tracks plainly showed that
he had walked on.
The following night the party was
aroused out OF II heavy sleep by n
deep breathing Mt the door OF their
/ shanty. There. with his throat cut
and his mournfui eyes fixed on them.
stood the very animal they had shot
less thar IS hours before. Sandy man
aged 10 come out OF his Stupor and
firs his rife and again down came the
moose. This time he didn't stay
down. Stili gazing Mt them with his
awful eyes he arose and fitted back.
ward into the forest. Daylight plainly
revealed his tracks.
This waH the last Sandy's party saw
J Of tho ghost and they were glad Of Il.
, Fut h. hadn't taken himself on the
face ni III. earth by any means. for
Hurt P.EEins. who has trappcrH 4
camp west OF Ashland. received n visit
| from the "crittcr." According To his
story he had come In from his traps
jnst aE the moon waH rising and was
1 standing his gun against the cabin
when he i-it hot breath on the back
Of his neck and turned To look into the
nose Of mooS. with Its throat cut. lie
was ~ startled that h.. dart.d within
the cabin and banged the door after
him. P-cTinE out Of the window he
saw. En h. says. the shos,iy intruder
pick nj his rife with his teeth. pull
the trigger and discharge II. Then tn.
| appaTaiion vanished. PcgRins didn't
got over the shock for three days.
Arthur I'm was coming In from
Mud Pond when he almost stepped an
the moose lying In cops- Of fr. lie
! fired point blank. hut missed and the
moose ETasp-d his gun and "SapoT'
aic,. lie hasn't s-rn either since. but
when he got hnn,- he found monsr
. tracks at his door and discovered that
some animal had mad" wreck Of his
| cabin. The door wasn't wide enough
/ ip admit the body uf moose. but
there were no other tracks IN the
snow.
The Hiranscst story Is told by Harry
| Porter. lie was OF, for n mooniish;
drive with his hes, Girl when his
| hurs. dropped dead from heart dis.
"as-. lie was nv" miles from the
| yiiIaE. and the situation was cnibaT.
rassinE. lie took tho horse from the
,hills and was stoopinE over to remove
the harness when hc heard the sound
| uf heavy breathing and turned. There.
/ In the thiiis stood the phantom moose.
/ Porter Hays that without knowing
what he did he haraessed the animal.
climbed back beside his hes, girl aud
took up the rcins, They got TO tire
edge of the village in record time
when the moose stopped and sisnificd
that he wished to he released. So
Porter took on the harness and walled
the rest of the way. Porter has never
shot gun in his life.