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A man in black has been spotted, standing by the bushes that line the road through Foxcover Wood (assuming this is Coill an Fhaltaigh / Callan Forest). One witness described the figure as wearing clothes from the late nineteenth / early twentieth century, complete with a flat cap.
The witness found the encounter odd and mentioned it to some people he knew from the area. One informed him that there was once a cottage in the woods and that it had a black gate. Locals were always warned to “beware the black gate”, although I have no further information as to why! Presumably the figure relates to that property. Another local shared that he had seen the same figure walking near his own house and that he rushed out to see what he wanted. But the figure had vanished.
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