Profile of Dale Jarvis

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• Beware of haunted potholes
  Newfoundland unexplained - With winter driving season upon us, many motorists across the province have horror stories about that great scourge of ...
• 'Tis the season for traditions
  Newfoundland unexplained - As the year draws to a close, people who love Newfoundland and Labrador folklore must truly rejoice. I can't think of ...
• The lone mummer
  For the past few weeks, I have been up to my ears in all things related to mummers, janneys, hobby horses and other aspects of the Christmastime ...
• Two men in a dory
  Newfoundland unexplained - Earlier this year, I was at the Beothuk Interpretation Centre in Boyd's Cove, telling stories. That night, once I had ...
• What's behind the brick?
  Newfoundland unexplained - One recurring theme of ghost stories that pops up time and time again is that of a ghost or spirit who guards some ...
• Terror in the basement
  Newfoundland unexplained - Winter nights seem made for the sharing of spooky tales. Wind swirling 'round the gables of old houses and the ...
• A devil of a night
  Newfoundland unexplained - There is no shortage of Newfound-land stories about people having run-ins with the devil, particularly where ...
• Digging up Moxley
  Newfoundland unexplained - This past summer, visitors to Carbonear were invited to participate in a number of walking tours that departed from ...
• Counting crows
  Newfoundland unexplained - Earlier this summer, I learned with sadness about the passing of Mr. Wesley Gosse, who was born in 1935 at Spaniard's ...
• The vengeful voice of Great Harbour
  Newfoundland unexplained - Great Harbour, also called Connaigre, is a resettled fishing community. It is located in a small cove on the tip of ...
• Pirate ghosts haunting cabins and guarding treasure
  Newfoundland unexplained - Early in the 1700s there was a woman of a successful Harbour Grace family who had a log cabin built for her use some ...
• Vanishing boat from South East Bight
  Newfoundland unexplained - A while back, Robert Parsons of Grand Bank, a noted author and story collector in his own right, passed along to me a ...
• A shower of blood
  Newfoundland unexplained - Early in 1890, Capt. Trennery of the steamer Queensmore arrived in Baltimore and was given a warm reception by a large ...
• A ghost in a dark suit
  Newfoundland unexplained - When one thinks of a classic haunted house, the Hollywood image that springs to mind most readily is that of a creepy ...
• Wolves that haunt the shores of Deadman's Cove
  Newfoundland unexplained - Doug Wells of Harbour Breton recently sent me a series of articles on local culture, from curing warts to local ...
• A strange feeling of not being alone
  Newfoundland unexplained - Some people seem to act as magnets for strange and ghostly activity. While some people never experience anything ...
• A society for all things strange and unusual
  Newfoundland unexplained - Fans of the paranormal in the province will soon have a new forum to share their interest in all things unexplained. ...
• Phantom flames have no heat
  Newfoundland unexplained - Running off Gower Street in downtown St. John's is Willicott's Lane, one of the oldest lanes in St. John's. If you had ...
• Theatre student has ghostly experience
  Newfoundland unexplained - Last year I was asked by Danielle Irvine, a local theatre director, to do a storytelling workshop for one of the ...
• Some outlandish reasons for the sky lighting up
  Newfoundland unexplained - More than a few people in eastern Newfoundland reported seeing strange lights in the evening sky last Tuesday. Trying ...
• Being awakened by a ghost
  Newfoundland unexplained - The name of Lime Street in downtown St. John's has nothing to do with citrus fruit. It was formerly known as Lime Kiln ...
• The light that lived in the harbour
  Newfoundland unexplained - On the May 24th holiday weekend in 1973, Ron Skinner and a friend decided to go camping and fishing at Little Bay ...
• Two stories of horses that weren't really there
  Newfoundland unexplained - There are many Newfoundland stories about ghostly horses, horses which have returned from the dead for various ...
• Fairy tales with a sinister twist
  Newfoundland unexplained - Over the year-end holidays, I spent a bit of time in Clarke's Beach, Conception Bay. For whatever reason, it seems ...
• A pet that came back to say goodbye
  Newfoundland unexplained - One of my favourite, natural-born storytellers is Mrs. Paula McDonald, who today resides in St. John's. Born in India, ...
• A light in the window of a vacant house
  Newfoundland unexplained - Last week, one of the pioneers of the heritage movement in Newfoundland passed away. Gordon Bradley was one of the ...
• An encounter at Graveyard Point
  Newfoundland unexplained - Last week, I returned home from Happy Valley-Goose Bay after spending a memorable week at the Labrador Creative Arts ...
• Dead fisherman not finished with his punt
  October marked the fifth anniversary of the annual St. John's Storytelling Festival. Storytellers gathered from across Newfoundland and Labrador ...
• A ghost that walks the train tracks
  In March of 1999, I collected a strange story from a young man from Manuels, C.B.S., that took place on a fall evening when he was 16. Returning ...
• Here kitty cat, here kitty cat
  Newfoundland unexplained - This election season, the letters on everyone's lips are ABC. "Anything But Conservative" is the slogan that people ...