Spirits. Russia

Summer of 1948 or 1949, Mikhailovka village, Churkin Ivan Semyonovich:

"One evening I was walking down the street, and a black and white cat, slightly larger than an ordinary one, got attached to me. She has molested the villagers many times, and now she has taken a liking to me, although I thought the stories about her before that were nonsense. To get rid of her, he started throwing stones at her, and she fell behind.

The next evening – the sun was already setting – once again we gathered at the club, and I told my comrades about the cat. Suddenly she appeared about 50 meters away. We all, as if on command, rushed after the cat. She goes to the garden – and we follow her. The cat jumped out into the meadow and stopped in the middle.

We surrounded her, started sneaking up, and suddenly a horse with a bell appeared instead of a cat, and then we stroked her. I felt good, but everyone was very surprised. Then we decided that someone was playing us, hypnotizing us."