Kie Collins, as set forth in the preceding story--although I should be inclined to extend that opinion far…
- Date of account
- Published 1920
- Source
- True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural
- Reference
- True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural · selected passage 4
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
kie Collins, as set forth in the preceding story--although I should be inclined to extend that opinion far enough to include the admission of the possibility that it was the actual Presence which so worked upon the mind of the percipient as to cause it to project from itself the phantom appearance
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlykie Collins, as set forth in the preceding story--although I should be inclined to extend that opinion far enough to include the admission of the possibility that it was the actual Presence which so worked upon the mind of the percipient as to cause it to project from itself the phantom appearance. This may seem somewhat like a quibble to confirmed believers in apparitions, of whom there are many, and perhaps it is--while those who are impatient of ingenious psychological explanations may find in the following story a confirmation of the conviction which they hold, that the dead may appear in the form in which we knew them, bringing warning and aid to the living.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis is a historical account assembled under the reporting and publishing conventions of its period. It may preserve testimony, hearsay, retelling and editorial interpretation together.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyA modern comparison can identify recurring descriptions and possible explanations, but the account is not treated as independently verified evidence merely because it appeared in print.
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