At first glance, this seems a little strange.
After closer examination,though, this makes sense in an unusual sort of way! Almost seems like an ideal way to remember a loved one that has passed on. Every birthday of the departed, you could go outside to their favorite hunting spot, load up a special round in their much loved shotgun, and fire off a salute to them that they would be proud of!
If you only kept the "special rounds" around the house as a memorial, they could still be used in case of an emergency! Just think...Grandpa could help fight off the "zombie hordes" in the future years after all! Bet he would like that!
Going out with a bang: The service that will turn your loved one into live ammunition.
A bizarre new service that allows you to lock and load your loved one’s ashes is blowing up on the internet.
Holy Smoke, based in Stockton, Alabama, boasts a 'tribute to your outdoorsman or woman like no other,' according to their website.
The company offers a means to 'continue to protect your home and family even after you are gone,' by turning ashes into fully-functioning bullets.
So how does it work?
Once the deceased’s family decides the calibre and gauge of the ammunition, they send one pound of their dead relative's ashes.
From ashes to gunpowder: Holy Smoke offers the ability to go on one last hunting trip with your dead loved one
From ashes to gunpowder: Holy Smoke offers the ability to go on one last hunting trip with your dead loved one
From there, the staff place a portion of the cremated remains into each shotshell or cartridge, depending on the ammo selected.
In return, Holy Smoke sends the family a case of up to 250 bullets for display in the home or to take on a hunting trip.
The company claims its methods add up to a fraction of the cost of most burial services cost.
Prices begin at $1,250 for the 250 rounds for shot guns and pistols, and 100 rounds for rifles.
The type of service, which is offered through their website MyHolySmoke.com, is unconventional, but certainly not unheard of.
In 2005, the ashes of author Hunter S. Thompson were famously shot out of a cannon, six months after the Gonzo journalist killed himself.
The celebration was funded mostly by Pirates of the Caribbean actor and Thompson’s close friend Johnny Depp.
Actually, I don't see too much wrong with this way of "spreading the ashes", as it were! Much stranger things in the news nearly every day!
Want some coffee on the patio? Hot, but at least the chairs are dry!
