French told me a story the other day; a good odd story.
First, some back story: French has a neighbour whose house has been hit by lightening twice in the last year. The first time was the worst of the two strikes. The house caught on fire inside the wall of the master bedroom. The home owner was awake from the massive storm, but left the house when he heard crackling inside the walls. The fire was put out, but there was a lot of damage.
His house got hit again a few months later, in the same spot. This time there was no fire, but it blew out all the electronics that were plugged in.
Once the second strike hit, they tried to find a cause. The tree beside the house was hit too, so French helped him cut it down.
French was over there on the weekend stacking the wood and one of the guys who had worked on the fire damage repair showed up, and he had a bottle of homemade wine for the neighbour. French described him as Eastern European...maybe gypsy. The worker had a proposition. He said that he noticed that the tree was gone, but that the evil spirit that attracted the lightening was still down in the roots. This, so called gypsy, had a guy who would exorcise the spirit.
They all drank the wine and discussed the offer. The neighbour was skeptical. French was interested in seeing the ritual. They debated it back and forth for a bit, but he decided against it. French was disappointed.
As "the gypsy" was leaving he poured some of his wine on the stump.
4 comments:
If I were that guy I RUN out to Vegas and bet on red. Getting struck by lightning is a one in a million event. Getting struck twice inside a month. Unbelievable. I'd stay away from the gypsy exorcism and thank him for the wine. Cool story. :)
Have you seen the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
Reading about your people always makes me feel better.
i linked to you.
you've got some of the most interesting people in the world around you:)
xo
erin
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