Kehtaqs (The Cackling Ghost) Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) & English Translation
Wolastoqiyik story told by Carole Polchies from Woodstock First Nation, New Brunswick. English translation by her niece Deborah Audibert of Tobique First Nation and Directed by her Daughter Tara Audibert.
Kehtaqs is the story of The Cackling Ghost, heard by many people of the Woodstock First Nation. The "Cackling Duck" noise was attributed to a man who's remains were later found as they dug up basements for the first time under pre-existiong houses on the Woodstock First Nation reservation. The same man who had died, earlier on in his life, had be mentioned in a "Ripley's Believe it or Not Book", noted for beating a horse drawn wagon going from Woodstock to Fredricton and back again.
Storyteller: Carole Polchies of Woodstock First Nation, NB, Canada
Translator: Deborah Audibert of Tobique First Nation, NB, Canada
Director: Tara Audibert
Music & Sound Design: Terry Gadsden
Animation: Chloé Boudreau
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