The farm we liven on outside Marendellas had a number of burials in the hills. These were mainly dated to 1914 and the flu epidemic.
On of particular interest was situated in a cleft in a rock formation.
The cleft had been filled in by rocks and the burials were in the centre of the rock fill.
being members of the Prehistory Society this interested us and we obtained permission to excavate the site.
My husband entered at the top and began removing rocks until he came to a large piece of beautifully woven blue cloth (blue is used in burials by the Shona people). Then he came across a lovely carved wooden bowl lying on top of two skeletons.
The skeletons were buried in the fetal position. We carefully removed a couple of the bones to see size and possible cause of death. The skeletons were in good condition and the bones were well formed and appeared to be above the size of a normal Shona - in fact they must have belonged to individuals over the height of 6 feet!
We re interred the bones and placed all the items we had discovered back in the grave and having sealed it carefully we climbed down from the rock face.
We suddenly noticed that everything had gone completely quiet - no wind, no birds singing, no insect noises. The atmosphere was electric - it was as if someone was showing their displeasure at us invading the grave. I wonder who they were?
We did not go back to the spot for some weeks and when we did - all was normal again until we reached close to the rock face - when again all when quiet.
We made a hasty retreat not wanting to offend the spirits any further!
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