The Ghost on the Islet of Witten in Åmål

Dalsland · Sweden · Natural site

Two fishermen camping on an islet saw an unseen boat, panicked animals, and a fire where a man had hanged himself.

At the islet of Witten in Åmål parish in Dalsland, two fishermen put ashore for the night. At midnight they heard a boat shoved out and oars cast, but no boat was there when they looked. Then bewildered squirrels and a frightened flock of sheep ran about, and at last they saw a figure sitting and tending a fire beneath a spruce where a man from Botilsäter had hanged himself years before. The fishermen took it for the devil himself haunting the islet.

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Where is The Ghost on the Islet of Witten in Åmål located?

The Ghost on the Islet of Witten in Åmål is in Dalsland, Sweden.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.