Angel of Death Why do humans fear death? In the thousands of years that men and women have inhabited this planet, perhaps we have escaped a primitive fear of the unknown. The void that comes after life is the greatest unknown of all. Out of these dark fears, superstitions developed. It was said that a black angel-----the angel of death----would appear in a community and select its followers by giving a sign. The knock at the door of a house in which an ill person live portended imminent death. So did the clock that stoped running, or rappings on the walls. When the black angel came a-calling, there was no escape. But the people of Long Pine, Nebraska, were unprepared for the angel of death that came to their village in the guise of a child�a fair-haired, innocent-looking tyke. The child made several forays into the village, and his coming always brought disaster to the person seeing it. One day a resident met the child for the first time. The man was deeply touched. Surely the little fellow was lost and must be returned to his parents. When the man reached out for the child, his fingers closed upon emty air. The tiny figur jumped into the river and vanished beneath the water. Minutes later, the man�s son was kicked by a horse and died. On another occasion, a rider on horseback saw the diminutive ghost and he, too assumed it was a child who had wandered from home. He reached down to grab the boy, but was thrown from his horse and suffered a broken neck. (Haunted America) |
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