At A Gallop

Back To Earth

From the Western Highlands of New Guinea the story of a dead man brought back to life by a cantering horse.

General secretary of the Papua-New Guinea Police Asso ciation, Mr. F. A. Craig, says that a native constable of the newly-formed police mounted troop at Mount Hagen was called recently, following the drown ing of a village man about one mile from the Mount Hagen police station.

The constable recovered the body, pul it across his horse and set off for the Mount Hagen hospital. A few hundred yards from town, the “dead” man shocked the constable by straight ening up and asking to get off.

Two hours later, the fully recovered villager thanked the constable and walked back home. There’s no report yet of reaction in the village when the “dead” man returned.