Listen to the story here: https://youtu.be/E6rnUyEhNWw
Folks heres one a ole feller shared with me a while back. Good buddy named Herman. We was talkin about Haint stories and he told me one that…lordy give me the chills. Said his granddaddy was a logger back in the mountains when they used a 2 man saw (ole cross cut hand saw) and mules to snakem out with. Said the boss man got to cut on some land that was prime!
The owner did tell him however, there was an ole man that lived in an ole house back in there that they’d have to run off. He’d run him off several times, told him the land wernt his and everything but he always come back. Said just ignore him and get the timber. Well said they took out heading up there one mornin. The owner and a few other fellers gathered up and the owner told them to stay put on a ridge top and starta fallin. Said him an a few fellers was gonna go talk to that ole man and let him know what was going on cause said he kinda felt sorry for the man figuring the land was once his families or somethin.
Herman said the owner and a few other good size fellers went down to his ole house. Said they could see the chimley smoke in the distance so they was purty close. Hermans Pa an the rest started ta work. Well lil bit later they came back. Unfortunately the poor ole soul had passed just a short time ago cause a far was goin. But he was gone. They sent a man to tell folks down in town about it. Well sad as it was they still had ta work.
Herman said his Pa said the minute they started sawin and chippin…. An eeerie breeze was comin up & over the ridge. Said the mules was balkin up and everything. Said them woods got almost just as dark as if a bad storm was brewin up. Said all of a sudden every team of ole mules they had broke out runnin. They hollered and everything but they wernt stoppin.
Lot of the loggers was takin out after’em when they stopped dead in their tracks!! Said up on a big ole oak stump was the ole man. Said mind ye, he was old…but even old…he was a very very large man! Bout 6’4 250. Long white hair and a beard. Stood there but ye couldn’t see his lags! He pointed at’em and said “You’ll not tech narry a tree nor sapplin!!!” But when he said that …his mouth never moved! Said they skinned outta there runnin over one another and the owner told the land owner “Good Luck to ye!” And they didn’t go back!
