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the man was scared half to death. He reached and got his
Bible and ran out the door. The man ran for several miles
until he was too tired to run anymore. He stopped and sat
down on an old tree log and let out a long sigh. At this
he heard the "hant" say, "Whew, that was some race wasn't
it?" The man jumped up and said, "H , you ain't had no
race yet!"
A lot of unexplainable things were considered as
being supernatural. For instance, warm air spots were
simply called "hants" or the spirits of someone who had
died quite recently.
There were reports of strange lights, clanking chains
and dogs and horses, even snakes, appearing out of nowhere
and disappearing the same way. Big black bulls with red
eyes, men with no heads, black cats, and big white birds
were all figures used to illustrate ghostly shapes and
"hants." It was commonly thought that if a "hant" called
someone by name, that person would die real soon.
Another belief was that certain people were born
with veils on their faces and they could see ghosts when
others could not.
Although the stories were frightening and the kids
would huddle together in bed later, no one wanted to miss
the ghost stories. They remained the number one enter-
tainment for the young as well as the old.
The stories were always told as true stories, and
no matter how hard the story teller was pressed to admit
that the stories were not true, he never would.
How much of ghost stories do you believe? Can you
really say that they do not exist? How about late at
night when you awake and the room is dark and you feel
the presence of "something" in the room? Have you ever
heard your name called and then discover no one is there?
Have you ever felt a tender touch on the back of your
neck? A warm breeze on a cool night?
Maybe there are some ghosts who walk up and down
at midnight and guard the belongings of their earthly
life.
Well, if you ever see one, remember, don't get
scared!8
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Panola College. Dept. of Communications. Black Gold, Volume 3, Number 2, 1977, periodical, 1977; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151415/m1/10/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.