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A legend about the secret of the Trutnov church

It happened in the past that the Trutnov church building shone with a bright light around midnight, as lit with thousand burning lamps. This miracle was last observed in 1866 before the outbreak of the Prussian-Austrian war. 

Trutnov, A legend about the secret of the Trutnov church

At that time, the inhabitants of houses No. 57 and 61, whose windows were facing the church, kept observing this strange phenomenon for several days in a row. They wanted to figure it out, so one woman from house no. 61 went to the dean to warn him about the mysterious light. On the way to the dean's office, however, a fiery figure accompanied by a black dog unexpectedly appeared in front of her and forced her to return. The frightened woman didn´t dare until the next day at noon to report the whole event to the vicarage. The following midnight the dean went to church accompanied by a chaplain. Nobody ever found out what these two men encountered there. The dean tried to downplay the whole matter, claiming that the glow came from the sanctuary lamp in the church. However, no one believed this explanation. The secret of the fiery man in the Trutnov church has remained unsolved.