Those old Romans knew a thing or two about ghosts
Good morning from the coulees — the wind's up, the sky's wide, and Lethbridge has something to say.
Now, I was sipping my coffee this morning, looking out at that big sky we got, thinking about how quiet it can be out here sometimes. Then I read this story, and look, it just about made me spit out my sip. They found these 1,800-year-old skeletons in Rome, right? And get this — they had iron nails hammered into their chests. Not just one or two, but 3 of these burials. Archaeologists think it was to keep the spirits from getting restless. To stop them from coming back to bother the living. Can you imagine? You're laying out your dead, and someone says, "Better get the hammer, just in case Cousin Tiberius gets ideas."
Now, we got our own old stories here, you know. The Blackfoot people have always understood the land and the spirits that walk it, but you don't hear about them putting nails in anyone to keep them put. We got the wind here that howls through the coulees, and sometimes it sounds like a thousand whispers, but we just call it 'the wind.' Maybe those Romans just needed a good chinook arch to clear the air, instead of reaching for a carpentry kit. It makes you wonder what kind of trouble those folks were getting into if they needed to take such extreme measures.
Jolene Blackwater, MiTL Sports Desk, signing off.
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