The ghost of a headless monk used to appear at noon in and around the Franciscan monastery. He was said to be a Franciscan brother whose head had been struck off by a cannonball during one of the sieges of Plzeň. He appeared in a dark corner near the sacristy, walked through the cloister past the chapel, and vanished around a corner into another passage.
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The ghost of a headless monk used to appear at noon in and around the Franciscan monastery. He was said to be a Franciscan brother whose head had been struck off by a cannonball during one of the sieges of Plzeň. He appeared in a dark corner near the sacristy, walked through the cloister past the chapel, and vanished around a corner into another passage.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 258
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.