The huntsman was so terrified he almost lost his soul; he was convinced that he had encountered some evil spirits and had been haunted, which led him to believe he saw the wooden house and even went in to rest. He was so scared he lost his senses, and stumbled away in panic.
It's unclear how he found his way home, but by the time he returned, he was utterly frightened and it took him a long time to calm down.
When he told the story, it certainly startled quite a few people.
However, shocked or not, most people just found his story bizarrely scary. As for believing it, they didn't particularly buy it. Seeing the young huntsman was deeply frightened, they didn't argue back. Most people privately thought he was just exhausted, hungry, and drenched like a wet dog by the rain, which made him ill and caused him to have a hysterical episode.
After all, these people had not lived here for very long, and this area had been deserted, how could there be houses or even a two-story building!
