“I took some pieces when I visited Pompeii in 2005. I was young and stupid. I wanted to have a piece of history that no one else could have. I didn’t really think or realize what I was taking. I took a piece of history that was frozen in time and that has so much negative energy in it. People died in such a horrible way and I took pieces that were related to that land of destruction. Bad luck has been playing with me and my family ever since.”
RNicole tells it all in her letter from Canada. She says she stole artifacts from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and tells her story which, she says, seems to have been marked by a sort of curse since that day. Hence the decision to return everything. The letter and the artifacts arrived in Pompeii in a package delivered to the owner of a travel agency. “I am now 36 years old and have had breast cancer twice, the last time ending in a double mastectomy. My family and I have also had financial problems. We are good people and I do not want to pass this curse on to my family or my children. So forgive me for what I did years ago, I have learned my lesson,” Nicole writes. “I am asking the Gods for forgiveness. I just want to shake off the curse that has fallen on me and my family. Please accept these artifacts so I can do the right thing for the mistake I made. I am so sorry, one day I will return to your beautiful country to apologize in person.”
In the package there was also another letter, also from Canada and also an apology for another theft. It is written by Alastain and Kimberly G. “Hello, I am returning these stones that my wife and I took while visiting Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius in 2005. We took them without thinking of the pain and suffering these poor souls experienced during the eruption of Vesuvius and the terrible deaths they had – it reads – We are sorry and please forgive us for having made this terrible choice! May their souls rest in peace”.
Article published on 10 October 2020 - 15:02
