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It's October, so here's a bit of a weird story that happe...
2 years ago
So this is something that happened about 23 years ago in the spring, and is actually what got me into the Occult and other stuff of the sort
Back when I was about 10 or so, my mom used to be the Bartender at a pizza place near by that had a bar. She always wore an Elephant pin, since she loves elephants
She had a few regulars that knew her by name, one of which came in like 3-4 times a week after work for a drink
That same regular eventually started looking a bit down on his luck, and kept telling my mom things at work weren't going so well
One day he brings in this wooden stand that had a hand carved elephant on it, and offers it to my mom as a gift, since everyone basically knew she loved elephants
She gets really happy and brings it home. Places it on the shelf above the fireplace in the living room
Within a couple weeks both mom and dad start having bad luck at their respective jobs. Mom being blamed for money in the register going missing, dad having some issues with blueprints he was looking over at his job
Both of them kept what they could from me, did notice something was off, but not knowledgeable enough to act on it, cause kid
One day I'm looking at the elephant box, and notice there was a hairline gap around the base all around. Turns out it was a box that didn't have a hinge, just a firm seal with small wooden dowels, so I was able to open it after a few seconds of jamming my thumbnail in the gap
Inside? a REALLY ornate set of Tarot cards in a hand carved mini box. Like they looked old and hand made by someone who knew what they were doing. I spend some time looking them over, really liking the odd art on them. Don't tell mom/dad
A few more weeks pass, and I'm coming home from my friend's house. At our house was a priest doing a cleansing ritual while burning the box and tarot cards
Ask what was going on. They tell me the object was cursed and that that regular had passed his curse to us
Asked if it had to do with the cards inside
They look at me with that 'look' parents give children when they do something wrong, and tell me Tarot cards are items of the devil and to never touch them again, and tell them next time
It confused me for a few years until I started looking things up, and it's how I got into looking up stuff that's considered Occult or Taboo with this kind of stuff. It's pretty interesting stuff in general, and a lot of it is heavily demonized by people because it 'goes against their religion' or whatever.
Personally people should look into this stuff, just to understand things better without all the fear/hatred of the unknown.
Back when I was about 10 or so, my mom used to be the Bartender at a pizza place near by that had a bar. She always wore an Elephant pin, since she loves elephants
She had a few regulars that knew her by name, one of which came in like 3-4 times a week after work for a drink
That same regular eventually started looking a bit down on his luck, and kept telling my mom things at work weren't going so well
One day he brings in this wooden stand that had a hand carved elephant on it, and offers it to my mom as a gift, since everyone basically knew she loved elephants
She gets really happy and brings it home. Places it on the shelf above the fireplace in the living room
Within a couple weeks both mom and dad start having bad luck at their respective jobs. Mom being blamed for money in the register going missing, dad having some issues with blueprints he was looking over at his job
Both of them kept what they could from me, did notice something was off, but not knowledgeable enough to act on it, cause kid
One day I'm looking at the elephant box, and notice there was a hairline gap around the base all around. Turns out it was a box that didn't have a hinge, just a firm seal with small wooden dowels, so I was able to open it after a few seconds of jamming my thumbnail in the gap
Inside? a REALLY ornate set of Tarot cards in a hand carved mini box. Like they looked old and hand made by someone who knew what they were doing. I spend some time looking them over, really liking the odd art on them. Don't tell mom/dad
A few more weeks pass, and I'm coming home from my friend's house. At our house was a priest doing a cleansing ritual while burning the box and tarot cards
Ask what was going on. They tell me the object was cursed and that that regular had passed his curse to us
Asked if it had to do with the cards inside
They look at me with that 'look' parents give children when they do something wrong, and tell me Tarot cards are items of the devil and to never touch them again, and tell them next time
It confused me for a few years until I started looking things up, and it's how I got into looking up stuff that's considered Occult or Taboo with this kind of stuff. It's pretty interesting stuff in general, and a lot of it is heavily demonized by people because it 'goes against their religion' or whatever.
Personally people should look into this stuff, just to understand things better without all the fear/hatred of the unknown.
I wasn't really blamed, but the whole stress of things going on, people redirect that elsewhere when they shouldn't