You can't tell.

There's mighty strange things stirrin' on this here mountain, an' in the Holler down yonder.

Say, Mister, did you ever see a hant ?" The gentleman did not understand.
"A hant, a ghost, some calls 'em," explained Jed.

"Bud Wilson he sure seed old Matt's--" The other interrupted.

"Really, young man, I must go.