A lone gunman, Derrick Bird killed 12 people and injured a number in the county of Cumbria in the North West of England. Derrick Bird subsequently shot himself. As I heard this, I recalled a number of other problems in Carlisle, the capital city of Cumbria. This county is a very peaceful place and has the lowest crime rate in the UK.
Recent Natural Disasters
2009 – Flooding (a 1 in 200 year flood)
2005 – Flooding (a 1 in 200 year flood)
2001 – A serious foot and mouth epidemic
There have been other possibly related incidents like – major fires, University having financial problems, high unemployment rates,
There has been talk that these events are related to the
As part of the millennium celebrations, the local council commissioned a 14 ton granite stone inscribed with all 1069 words of a curse first invoked by Archbishop Dunbar of Glasgow in 1525.
Are these natural disasters related to the curse or is it just co-incidence?
My opinion.
I am a scientist by education and a forensic scientist by training. One of the skills of a Forensic Scientist is the identification of trends. There have been three natural disasters – 2 floods and a foot and mouth epidemic and now mass killings in the county. All this within 10 years after placing the cursed stone. Is it a co-incidence?
Because you do not understand the curse, it does not mean that is not the cause of the disasters. Why tempt fate unnecessarily.
In the Far East where I come from, I have seen the effect of curses a number of times. Previously healthy people suddenly fall ill. Practitioners of Western medicine cannot understand the symptoms or diagnose the illness. The person then dies. Then, there are the pragmatic people who seek advice from practitioners of Eastern witchcraft to counter the curse. They are very much alive and very healthy indeed.
Dr Michael Oon
