Returning Tombstones For Freaky Friday...!

Do you believe in curses? How about continuing bad luck? Here is an interesting example of what I'm talking about.

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.