gooast

Updated: May 28, 2025

And says Tom, 'In the name o' God, ye'll let me pass; and with the word the gooast draws itsel' doun, all a-creaked, like a man wi' a sudden pain; and Tom Ettles took to his heels more deed than alive." They had approached their heads, and the story had sunk to that mysterious murmur that thrills the listener, when in the brief silence that followed they heard a low odd laugh near the door.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3