A long time ago, the apparition of a "tall, coal-black man" manifested in the Mordgasse ("Murder Alley") in the town of Hof. Its legs were so wide apart that people could walk through beneath them, and his head was as the same level as the topmost windows.
Soon after this apparition showed up, the plague broke out and devastated the town.
(Note: The alley has been renamed into "Auguststraße" in the modern day, if you want to visit it.)
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