Natural Disaster · 1886

The Phantom Canoe That Warned of Tarawera, 1886

It's evening on a lake in New Zealand, in 1886, and a boat of tourists watches a war canoe glide out of the mist. Its warriors stand with their heads bowed, dressed as if for death. Then it turns into the fog and is gone.

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