The Ordway new era., 1908-02-21
THAT GHOST MOOSE
WEIRD PHANTOM THAT RoAMs
MAINE FOREST.
Remarkable Stories Of Spirit Animal
Told by Guides-AIi Sorts Of
Disturbances Caused by
His Antics.

" the stories of guides to the north
OF here can be relied upon II ghost"
moose is at large west of Molunkus
river and is creating all sorts of dis
turbances. Whether the spirit of
moose roams the forests. or whether
the animal is OF flesh and blood and
educated to the ways of man. it mat
ters little 50 long as he has completely
tcrrorized the guides.
The phantom was first seen. so re.
port has it. by one Sandy Hill. who
was In charge of Il party of Massachu-
sets sportsmen camped beyond the
old raiten 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 1t was noted that
he looked at his slayerS with mild
fearful eyes. AS there WAS no time 10
dress III" animal. it being late in the
day, the carcass was hung on a tree.
bled and allowed to remain over night.
Next morning the moose was gone
and his tracks plainly showed that
h" had walked on
The following night the party was
deep breathing AT the door of their
Z shaniy. There. with his throat cut
and his mournful eyes fixed on them
stood the very animal they had shot
/ less than IS hours before. Sandy man
aged to come out of his stupor and
iirs his rifle and again down came tn"
moose. This time he didn't stay
down. still gazing Mt them with his
awful eyes he arose and fitted back
ward into the forest. Daylight plainly
revealed his tracks.
This WAS the last Sandy's party SAW
of the ghost and they were glad of ii.
| But he hadn't taken himself off the
I face ni the earth by any means. for
Burt Pcggins. who has n trapp"r's
camp west Of Ashland. received II visit
from the "criirer." According to his
story he had come In from his traps
Just AS the moon was rising and was
standing his gun against the cabin
when he felt a hot breath on the back
OF his neck and turned TO look into the
nose of n moose with its throat cut. lie
was so startled that he darted within
| the cabin and banged the door after
him. Pecrinr out Of the window he
saw. so he SAYS. the ghostly intruder
pick M his rife with his teeth. pull
I the trigger and discharge II. Then the
dpparation vanished. Peggins didn't
get over the shock for three days.
Arthur Hin was coming in from
Mud Pond when he almost stepped on
the moose lying in "A copse OF fir. He
fired point blank. but missed and the
moose graspcd his gun and eyapOr-
atcd. He hasn't seen either since. but
, when he got home he found moose
tracks AT his door and discovered that
som. animal had made wreck of his
cabin. The door wasn't wide enough
to admit the body of moose. but
there were no other tracks in the
snow.
The strangcst story is told by Harry
Porter. He was out for a moonlight
drive with his best girl when his
horse dropped dead from heart dis.
ease. He was five miles from the
village and the situation was embar.
rassing. He took the horse from the
/ lHllIS anu WIS StoopiuS oNeI " iehhtNF
the harness when he heard the sound
Of heavy breathing and turned. There.
/ in the thills stood the phantom moose
Porter says that without knowing
what he did he harnessed the animal
climbed back beside his best girl and
took mp the reins. They got to the
edge of the village in record time
when the moose stopped and signitied
that he wished to he released. So
Porter took off the harness and walked
the rest of the way. Porter has never
shot a run in his life