Mystic Canada
Read after dark!
Autumn is a time of golden leaves, a pumpkin harvest, and, of course, mystery! It is in the fall, October 31, Halloween is celebrated, recently a popular holiday around the world, in which it is traditionally believed to decorate their homes with mystical symbolism and dress up in costumes of all kinds of evil spirits.
And since it's a Canadian custom to prepare in advance (home decorations and outfits are already on sale in malls!), here are 13 Canadian ghost stories that will give you goosebumps.
1. The Ghost of the Mackenzie River
One of the oldest ghost stories in Canada, dating back to the 1850s and once widely known in Europe. Augustus Richard Pierce was a fur trader and postmaster of Hudson's Bay in Fort McPherson (Northwest Territories). When he died suddenly at age 33, a man named Roderick McFarlane transported his body by dog sled hundreds of miles south to Fort Simpson.
When wild animals threatened the sled, the dogs surrounded it and barked frantically to protect the body. Along the way, a voice came from the coffin, ordering the dogs to keep running.
Later, McFarlane and his companion reported that while they were trying to sleep, they felt a sudden presence of a ghost and felt so terrified that they could not speak.
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