living dead, blood-thirsty mummies and coffins flying witches - this footage from horror movies and science fiction books.Everything in life is more modest, but no less creepy and mysterious.However, the mind of man, who is a prisoner of everyday life, is protected from collisions with incredible finding logical explanations that can not be explained.
What a stupid joke?
More recently, in late 1989, incident in western Kansas shocked Americans accustomed to the sensations.The owner of a farm in Foley Creek, 60-year-old Joe Byrne felt like a hero horror movie or a party of some stupid reality show.The day starts early at the farm, and here in the predawn Joe went out and came across a burial mound from the mowing Tombstones, not anywhere, but right in his yard.
farmer from harm's way back into the house and called the police.Arrived on the scene noted the presence of law enforcement officers for some new tombstones.The stone was so old that the inscription on it read failed, so determine where the unknown "jokers" brought him, it turned out impossible.In fact, it was a joke, though stupid and difficult to fulfill, no doubt, as long until they began to pluck the mound.Under the half-meter layer of earth discovered decayed coffin containing human remains.In order to remove the coffin, took a shovel.After the exhumation of unidentified remains were moved outside the farm area and buried in a deep pit.
When investigating the idea of drawing had to be discarded: move headstone, if only for a hundred kilometers, and quietly set in a new place - it is a difficult task, but doable.But to enter the fenced area on the excavator or other equipment that can move the whole layer of the soil along with the bones - the problem is already out of the ordinary.
Perform all this silently and without leaving any traces hardly afford even David Copperfield.And who and what is needed to do?Questions in this story a lot more questions than answers.
Austrian sorcerer
Meanwhile, this is not the first such case.Graves, together with its "residents" moved before, but then the explanation was simple and straightforward - it's magic.The remains were burnt in such cases.
In the XVI century in the Austrian city of Linz grave burgher Shtetenberga disappeared from their usual place and found a completely different, as was made corresponding entry in the archive of the local church of St. Thomas.The case provoked a strong reaction among the population.A large gathering of people, the body of "sorcerer" was removed from the "new" grave and burned immediately.Yama, the rest of the graves was stoned, and hoisted on top of an aspen cross.Since then, "witch" Shtetenberg locals for his "itinerant" do not panic.
In Spain similar cases dealt with the Holy Inquisition.In 1627, an investigation was carried out about the secret graves of moving PedroAsuntosa.As in other cases, the tombstone moved along with the remains and a large layer of soil.
All God's will
Similar incidents have occurred with a very honorable citizens who are suspected of witchcraft was simply unthinkable.In 1740 in Germany around Ravensburg shepherds he was spotted on the river's grave with a tombstone, which previously was not there.Thanks to a well-preserved inscription "Here lies Christina Bauer, a parishioner of the Church of Ravensburg" managed to easily install, where there was this stray grave.The shepherds immediately notify a priest surprise that there was no limit: the tomb of Christina Bauer was in a prominent place of the church cemetery.During the life of this parishioner made very generous donations and so secured a posthumous honor.Meanwhile, at the right place we did not find any stones or burial mound.With numerous witnesses in the cemetery have been excavated, but no remains at the burial site was not found.Then conducted excavations on the banks of the river and, to the amazement of the crowd, dug up the coffin with human bones, which obviously were all the time in the land.The priest began to fight with witches, and reasoned that if a higher power would have it move bones Christina Bauer in another place, then so be it.Decaying remains of the coffin and sprinkled it with holy water, and left under a stone on the riverbank.Local residents long avoided this place the party is during the First World War, the ill-fated tomb was destroyed.
Miracles Glensvillskom cemetery
But the good press coverage about the mysterious case of moving the graves became a case in Scotland.Sir Arthur Hazel autumn of 1928 turned out to be passing through town Glensvill, where more than 60 years ago, was buried his cousin Roger Hazel.Sir Arthur wanted to pay tribute and to visit the grave of the deceased, but it was not so easy.The location of the grave, he remembered perfectly, although the last time was here 15 years ago.On that day, Sir Arthur had doubt in his mind - on the site of the graves of Roger was flat, grassy site.
cemetery watchman was unable to clarify the situation, and Hazel turned to the city hall, where he kept the old scheme of the cemetery confirms that the tomb should be exactly where it was looking for Sir Arthur.
Meanwhile the watchman found the tombstone of Roger Heyzlema six hundred feet from the burial site.To understand this story, Sir Arthur hired diggers, and the old place of burial pit dug deep enough ... Holly was not there!This suggests that Roger Hazel had never been buried here, and the stone moved by some unknown reasons, the other end of the cemetery.
To investigate this mysterious stories of Sir Arthur joined cousin Lady Beryl, who arrived from London at the request of his nephew.Deciding to go to the end, Sir Arthur told to dig a place in the tomb.At a depth of one and a half meters the diggers came upon a coffin, which is immediately opened.Sir Arthur was convinced that his kinsman these remains have nothing but Lady Beryl insisted on inspection.According to legend, the late Roger wore a ring with a monogram «R» and «H».Sir Arthur personally went to the grave and found the skeleton on the ring finger is a ring, thus confirming that it is in front of them the remains of Roger Heyzlema that mysteriously move with the earth and the tomb to a new location.
in the order of things
All these mysterious stories are inexplicable only civilized Europeans.Some African tribes and indigenous Polynesians perceive such events as a reality and even learned how to take measures to prevent them.The priests of the Pacific islands immediately after the funeral, pour fresh grave draped tree sap or shells, that to the grave not "gone."Approximately so do the priests of voodoo in Haiti.
movements graves explain the desire of the soul of the deceased to change his place.To prevent this, the islands of Tonga are buried in the same grave sure two people.Locals believe that even if the soul of one man wants to change the situation, it will certainly hurt the soul of another, and then the tomb would remain in place.It remains unclear why the natives believe that the soul can not agree and leave together, but perhaps they know better - on the islands of Tonga do not experience the shock of the disappearance of the graves.
Natalia Zolotova
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Articles Source: Secrets of the twentieth century, № 39
