The Wooden Man

 

The Egeskov Castle in Kværndrup, Denmark is home to the Wooden Man. He sleeps peacefully under the tower spire upon his pillow. Legend says the Wooden Man must stay or the house itself will suffer. It says that if he moves from his place the castle will sink into its moat on Christmas Night. Several owners believed the legend. They would spend Christmas away, but the current owners celebrate it and even leave a bowl of rice pudding for the Wooden Man. The Wooden Man is a doll the size of a child. 

Countess Nonni loaned the Wooden Man out to the National Museum of Demark. He was weighed, measured, and photographed. The loan agreement was only for 6 months but after 14 days Countess Nani asked for it back.  The castle creaked and groaned and the walls began to shake and once he restored to his pillow the castle became peaceful.

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Egeskov 

Obscura Atlas 

Curse of the Petrified Forest

Picture Taken by Kumar Appaiah

There lies a forest in Northeastern Arizona between Navajo County and Apache County. This forest is called the Petrified Forest National Park and got its name from the petrified trees scattered inside it. It was designated a National Monument in 1906 and a National Park in 1962.

It's illegal to take anything out of the Forest as a way to try and preserve it. A result of being caught stealing something from the Park will get you a nice fine. Whether or not you get caught you also get the price of a curse if that's your thing. Neither the fine nor the curse prevents people from stealing from the park anyway.

It's said that if you take a rock no matter how small no matter how innocent your intent is bad luck will soon follow. Some people claimed pets died, family member or themselves got injured soon after and bad luck just follows until the rocks are returned to their home.
   
There is a pile called the conscious pile that rangers termed returned rocks and items from the forest. Now if the rocks are to be returned in order to not contaminate the scientific research area. Each one returned and there are at least 1,200 letters some dating back to 1934. Each return has been blamed for causing bad luck or intense guilt in the lives of the thieves. 


SOURCES:
Gizmodo
ZOCALO
New Scientist

Robert The Doll

Robert the Doll was created at the turn of the 20th century. He was handmade by the Steiff Company in Germany and was stuffed with wood wool called excelsior. Robert stood at 40 inches tall and wears a sailor suit. His now faded make up was that of what resembled jester makeup. It is thought that he was fashioned in the image of Robert Eugene Otto. Robert had taken the first name of his owner while his owner used the name Gene.

Gene and Robert were best friends growing up. Some believe it was voodoo that played a part in Roberts being, but the family of Gene believed it was the emotional energy placed upon him by Gene. Whenever Gene would misbehave he would then blame Robert for it.

According to legend servants would hear Gene would having conversations using two voices by himself in his room. Gene would also wake up in the middle of the night screaming and his family would come in and see all his furniture over turned. "Robert did it." He would say. They also claimed that Roberts giggles would be hear around the house.

Some rumors even say that Gene's wife had died from insanity caused by Robert. There are even some rumors that Robert was by Genes side when he died.

Gene became a prominent artist and had even designed Fort East Martello Museum. He planned on making his childhood home in Key West, Florida into a museum to with wax imprints of artists hands being a part of it. Gene never saw this as he died at 73 in 1974.

Myrtle Reuter purchased the home in 1974 and she found a companion in Robert. He even moved around in her house making it haunted. She even brought Robert with her when she moved to Von Phister Street six years later. In 1994 she donated Robert to the Fort East Martello Museum. A few months later she had died.

 It was said the the staff noticed a shift of energy when Robert came. Once he was put on display the cameras and electronics malfunctioned. Soon letters were sent to Robert apologizing for the disrespect they showed and asked for forgiveness.

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SOURCES:
http://robertthedoll.org/a-boy-his-doll/
http://www.kwahs.org/exhibitions/robert-the-doll
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24778775

Thomas Busby's Chair of Death

Picture of Thomas Busby's chair thanks to unsolved mysteries.

The favorite chair of Thomas Busby has a eerie and terrifying past. For over 300 years this chair has been sight for many, but misfortune for those who actually sit in it. It has even developed the name the chair of death. And it all started in 1702 with a man named Thomas Busby.

Thomas Busby was a man who would take any chance to drink. It was well known in the community about Busby's favorite pass time. This barfly was not a rare sight in his favorite pub. The only thing that would be rare was if  he wasn't sitting in his favorite chair. Busby was not a man to be messed with as he was a thief with a bad temper. If someone said anything he didn't like a fight would ensue.

Busby's father-in-law was Daniel Awety a successful coin forger. The two were partners in petty crime.  Daniel Awety decided after earning a lot of money through his "business" to splurge out and buy a farm near Kirby Wiske. He had renamed it Danotty Hall after himself of course.

One summer day in 1702 Awety and Busby had a meeting that ended in a heated argument. Busby went back and found his father-in-law sitting in his favorite seat. Busby demanded Awety to get out of his chair and a fight broke out.

In response Awety told Busby he was going to take his daughter back to Danotty Hall with him. Later that night Busby went to Danotty Hall and killed Awety with a hammer and placed him body in the woods.

Awety's remains were soon found and the authorities found Busby in his favorite chair. Busby went to trial and was found guilty his punishment was hanging and Busby was granted one last request. He was able to take one last drink in his chair.

"Death will come swiftly to whomsoever sits in my chair." Was Busby's last words before he hung. Surprisingly enough his words rung true.

A chimney sweep sat in Busby's chair and he was unfortunately fell off a roof and had died. This was the first time the chair had been used in decades and this unnamed chimney sweep was the first noted victim. He was not the only one. People were always dared to sit in the chair, but most refused. Some lost their lives doing so.

Some of the most noticeable was when in WWII the place became a hot spot for Members of the Air Force. Few were not afraid to sit in the chair and it was noticeable that those few did not make it home. In 1967 a couple of RAF  sat in the chair and later that night hit a tree head on in their car and died. A lot of  daredevils from all around wanted to see the chair. The landlord his it in the basement in hope no one would get hurt.

That didn't help because a roofer sat on the chair to rest and his death soon came after. A cleaning lady who stumbled over the chair had died and even more had died. In the 1970's the chair was donated to the Thrisk Museum where it now resides six feet off the ground so that no one will ever die from it again.

SOURCES:
https://www.historicmysteries.com/thomas-busby/
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Chair_of_Death
http://www.thirskmuseum.org/displays.html
http://www.profilingtheunexplained.com/mysterious_happenings/haunted_busby_chair.html
http://realunexplainedmysteries.com/the-thomas-busby-chair
http://www.unexplainable.net/ghost-paranormal/the-cursed-chair.php