Virginia City Cemetery Headstones
Photo credit: Tom Carr
Built in 1867 to alleviate the problem of corpses being buried randomly about town, the cemetery at the old Nevada mining town of Virginia City has seen many of its headstones go missing since it was reopened as a historical site in 2000—only to then see them be returned en masse.
Grounds manager Candace Wheeler decided to contact the thieves to see why they had stolen the headstones. Without exception, they were being used for totally mundane things—doorstops, garden decorations—until the misfortunes started rolling in, ranging from financial woes to divorce and death. Thieves were anxious to know the headstones had been returned to their proper respective graves, hoping this would reverse the curse.
Seems like a lot of folks believe, even if we don't. I wonder if it's just conscience?
Coffee out on the patio this morning.
7 comments:
i don't think it was a coincidence, I think the stones were cursed. One does not desecrate the dead without repercussions. I remember seeing that cemetery when I visited Virginia City back in the mid 1970's. Have a great weekend.
Bet those people will think twice about stealing again!
Hey Linda...
That certainly would seem to be the case here. Glad I didn't take one.
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Hey Phyllis...
You would think that they would. Still, some folks just never learn.
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Serves them right, just more direspect even the dead don't can't rest in peace sometimes.
I love to sit on the patio before it gets to hot.
Anyone who would desecrate a cemetery deserves to be cursed.
A neighbor once took the tombstones from a cemetery near his house and broke them with a sledge hammer to fill potholes in his driveway. Some were from as early as 1807. I don't know if anything bad ever happened to him; he moved away soon after. Some folks deserved to be horse-whipped before they're shot.
Hey Jo...
I have to agree.
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Hey Dizzy...
You are so right, my friend.
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Hey Gorges...
Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe Karma will catch up to him.
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