Dead coffin Switching

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

A smell of supernatural phenomena unsolved ever happened on the island of Barbados. About the coffin is always moving in a family cemetery. Does that really happen? Is the activity or anomalies curious spirits of nature?


Mystery story that is recorded in history occurred about two centuries ago, but legacy still intact until this year. The event could stir the people of Barbados in the Caribbean, the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing local governor intervened and author of detective novels, adventure and mystery of the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Genesis began as a district near the town of Christ Church Oistins in the south end of the island of Barbados. Walronds family, a family of farmers a prosperous sugar cane planters, built a family tomb area. A family member is James Elliot to build the tomb of carved stone structure in such a way with closing doors made of marble selected marble. Grave so solid and good, so more like a miniature castle.

Tomb stone marked with the inscription had â € œthe Lord James Elliot, Esq, died on May 14, 1724, son of Lord Richard Elliot, Esq, and husband of Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Thomas Walronds, Esqâ €?. But not known exactly what Elliot was right to be buried there, because there was no body marks or coffin.

Grave stone below ground was found empty on July 31, 1807, when Mrs. Thomasina Goddard's body (one family Walronds) buried there.

Strange Incident

Yet somehow, a year later (1808), the stone tomb was taken over by the Chase family, a farmer who had many slaves. Grave is claimed as their own. One owner was Colonel Thomas Chase, a master gardener who was known cruel to her slaves.

Used family tomb first Chase for memakamkam Mary Anna Maria Chase, 2-year old daughter who died and dimakamkam on February 22, 1808. The body is placed on coffins of lead-based.

Then the body of Dorcas Chase, eldest daughter of Thomas, was also placed in a coffin made of lead was buried in the tomb on July 6, 1812. Outstanding issues, Dorcas suffering from stress and hunger strike until death (suicide), as an act of protest at the cruel treatment of his father.

A month after that, Colonel Thomas Chase died. His body was placed in a wooden coffin covered with metal. August 9, 1812 at the Chase family tomb to prepare the same for the father. But when the door opened grave, they were surprised extraordinary. Both coffins two girls had changed position.

Was placed horizontally, is now a vertically with the head facing down. While the area around the cemetery is not visible trace or impression being forced humans.

With amazement, the second re-trimming the coffin. Thomas Chase's coffin is placed side by side with his two daughters casket. Then the door closed again marble.

Four years later, on September 25, 1816, graves were reopened for the burial of Samuel Brewster Ames, a member of the Chase family's youngest aged 11 months. It turned out that the third order of the coffin in the tomb stone had changed again.

Thomas's coffin, which must be lifted at least eight men, was leaning against the wall in the tomb, the coffin again crossed uncertain. Once the boxes were again arranged as before.

The incident happened at the tomb for this family to everyone's surprise. On July 17, 1819, Clarke Thomassina bodies, will be buried in the tomb stone. While the issue had been around the weirdness that happened there. This time many people in the crowd wanted to know.

When the door of the tomb was opened, it was again repeated. Caskets in the tomb was the move in a messy situation.

Events that happened many times it was horrendous Christ Church district. No pleasant news spread that the body had received the Chase family of the earth, or about the curse that happened, until about the ghosts of wrath!

Seal Governor
Lord Combermere, Governor of Barbados, decided to deal directly with these issues. Because the region including Barbados area very religious, supernatural is the issue about sensitive issues.

When the tomb was opened (in 1819) he has to check and was shocked when he saw the five coffins looked messy arrangement, unless the coffin of Mrs. Thomasina Goddard began decaying.

Governor then ordered a number of workers to reorder the position of the caskets Chase family. Directly supervise the work he was, until finally the door of the tomb was closed again. To convince the entire population, he put the seal on the door of the tomb.

However, a number of reports and receipt of noises and mysterious from the tomb stone. On April 18, 1820, he was accompanied by a number of local officials Mayor J Finch, Natahan Luke, Robert Boucher Clarke, Rowland Cotton, Thomas Orderson view the tomb of the full issue.

When he checked the door seal is not damaged, while the arrangement of boxes in the tomb looks messy. Layer of sand covering the floor of the tomb leaving no trace or any marks.

After writing in the official report, he then decided to empty tomb. This is to eliminate the issue of curiosity about ghosts and other issues that are bad for the region. Since then the stone tomb was empty and remained open until the day iniâ € | What really happened? (various sources)

Efforts Menguak Mystery
Tomb stone (Tombstone) Chase family became one of the phenomena of interest to the world. A number of tourists who are interested in paranormal activity and many who visit the grave site. Various attempts to uncover the mystery was made.

A number of reports and eyewitnesses said that the tomb had not been disturbed man. Although it was thought the possibility of black slaves involved in the effort to take revenge against the Chase family, but there is no evidence of human activity in the scene in the tomb.

Even when the governor sealed the door, the seal was not broken. If someone forced entry, the seal will surely open.

Other studies also explained that there is no possibility of a flood of activity that allows movement of coffins in the enclosed space.

Meanwhile, if the shift is due to the earthquake, there is no evidence of earthquake activity in the vicinity. Because this change was that within just a stone tomb.

This mystery is also invited a famous author of Sherlock Holmes detective stories, and The Lost World of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After a visit to the grave site, he expected the incident displacement caskets associated with supernatural powers ..

According to him, that magic act œprotesâ € â €? because of the caskets are made of base metal and tin. Metal will hold the natural process of decay. This means opposing the natural process of decomposition the corpse.

This theory was proposed by Conan Doyle on the consideration that Thomasi Goddard's coffin made entirely of wood completely undisturbed. Only the caskets Chase family (metal based) are experiencing

position changes.

There are many other theories proposed, but it still does not give a satisfactory answer. Over 180 years a number of journalists, researchers and writers interested in the mysteries of the tomb stone. Dozens of books discussing the issues ituâ € | and the tomb stone is one of the great mysteries unsolved.

What really happened in the dark room, damp and stuffy?

Barbados Glance
Barbados, a beautiful island country. Located on the eastern circuit Manikam quality Caribbean, paradise vacation in America. In the Atlantic Ocean exotic positions, he enriched the top of the highest plateau called Mount Hillaby (336 meters above sea level).

Tropical temperatures and the rainy season between Juniâ € "October is very impressive in the region which is divided into 11 administrative districts œkeagamaanâ € â €? such as: Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucky, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas. Now a tourist area in the Caribbean.

Governed by a system of parliamentary democracy (constitutional monarchy) with the power of Queen Elizabeth II. Merdeka on 16 November 1966 from the UK. While most of this island nation inhabited by Afro-wok, a derivative of the former African slaves in the days of slavery, they use English as his introduction.

The island is inhabited only 279,000 permanent residents (census 2005) with a total area of 431 square km. Although once known as a sugar plantation country, but since 2000, tourism is the main income of this country. Coastal areas and tropical in the Caribbean hillside attract tourists to always be there.

Come to enjoy the natural scenery charming islands, coastal wind, the sun rising and setting, friendliness of people, and feel of the exotic Caribbean

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