The constellation
E585 Dead person visits earth periodically. (Cf. E332.3.3.1, E535.3.)
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- Dead person visits earth every seven years · E585.1 entry
- Spectre rides to castle every seven years · E585.2 entry
- Revenant revisits earth every day · E585.3 entry
- Revenant revisits earth yearly · E585.4 entry
cross-ref
- The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Ghost of young woman asks for ride in automobile, disappears from closed car without the driver's knowledge, after giving him address to which she wishes to be taken. Driver asks person at address about the rider, finds she has been dead for some time. (Often driver finds that ghost has made similar attempts to return, usually on anniversary of death in automobile accident. Often ghost leaves some item such as a scarf or a traveling bag in car.) · E332.3.3.1 entry
- Ghost ship. (Cf. E510.) · E535.3 entry