More unexpected bits from local eliptony:

There were FRIGGIN DRAGONS!

One account from the 17th century described a dragon flying out of the mountains after an earthquake caused a cliff to fall off. It sat in an abandoned church and couldn't be found after a few days.
(not a fire dragon, mind you, a poison-breath one. A helpful naturalist citing the incident later assures the reader that such flying serpents with a death breath are not known to science.)
Another one was just flying over a small town in the early 19th century, with multiple witnesses, and "lit up everything around very brightly".

OK then. :))

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I'm reading another collection of local supernatural stories (this time a more "eliptonical" book in nature - credit to @robindlaws ) and a surprising spookie emerged that I did not expect :

The Fiery Barrel
- they are inconsistently hot - sometimes they burn, but mostly not.
- they mostly appear to people walking at night, usually from the pub (funny that)
- they roll at people or chase them around (even up stairs) and then usually jump into a well, or a body of water
- can't be found in the morning
- seem to be more common around here than fiery men, carriages, baskets and other objects

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