The Baggaarthof, also known as Pecsteenhoeve, commonly known as Spookhof or Verderde Hoeve, was a farm in the Wullebos on the border of Little Sinai and Moerbeke in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Archaeological research is done at the site of the farm. However, the farm is mostly known by a number of ghost stories. History
The Baggaarthof was built around 1700 in a wooded area. The grounds were in the possession of the Abbey of Boudelo. It was a fairly large farmhouse, with a pig stall and a wooden barn with thatched roof. The farm was always occupied by tenants, farmers who rented the farm and the surrounding land from the owner. In the French period, the ecclesiastical goods were declared forfeited. After that, the farm was bought by the French Count of Pas. These funded the construction of the church and the Catholic school in Little Sinai. The farm was broken down in 1943. He appears on military maps from 1938-1939 and 1944, although the farm has not existed in that last year. The place of the farm is nowadays private area.
The name "Pecsteenhoeve" may refer to a baron Simon van Peksteen, who in the 16th century, for the construction of the farm, would have received emperor Charles V landings in this area. Ghost stories
Around the Baggaarthof there are a number of ghost stories. Most are about animal deaths, a farmer who wandered like a wolf, a farmer's family who died of unexplained burns and a worker who fell through a rotten roof. Some of these stories may be explained as cases of anthrax among humans and animals. 51° 12′ 19″ NB, 3° 58′ 21″ OL
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