Mysterious dimes...
http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/12/09/disturbing-things-kids-have-said-when-talking-about-their-imaginary-friends
This brings up an interesting family story. My father in law passed away about 18 years ago. His cremated remains were placed in a columbarium inside a concrete niche, sealed with a metal name plate. About six years ago, my mother in law also passed away, and her remains were placed with her husband's. Upon unsealing the chamber, three dimes were seen to have been placed upright and leaning on the front of the husband's little box of ashes. The woman running the little burial, who was quite experienced in such things had never seen anything like that before, and asked the family about it. My brothers in law, who were the only ones to have attended the original funeral, weren't responsible, nor did they see any of the workmen placing anything, much less coinage, in the niche before sealing it. I've done a reasonably thorough search of burial and grave decoration and symbolism, and can't find a reference to anything that really matches what we saw. Here's a couple of articles:
http://whofortedblog.com/2012/06/27/currency-dead-leave-coins-graves/
http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp
Interesting enough, but they don't really match what I'm talking about - coins rather strategically placed by a stranger in a sealed niche, that might well never have been opened again. If you know of any significance or symbolism to three dimes, I'd appreciate hearing from you. (And the number 3 had no special significance in the man's life - it was not the number of wives, siblings, children, date of birth, death, wedding anniversary, etc.). It's a real mystery to me - a total stranger to the man and his family, almost certainly a worker detailed with sealing the chamber, carefully placed three dimes on their edge, leaning against the container of remains, and spaced evenly apart, facing the entrance. And then sealed it all up. Why?
This brings up an interesting family story. My father in law passed away about 18 years ago. His cremated remains were placed in a columbarium inside a concrete niche, sealed with a metal name plate. About six years ago, my mother in law also passed away, and her remains were placed with her husband's. Upon unsealing the chamber, three dimes were seen to have been placed upright and leaning on the front of the husband's little box of ashes. The woman running the little burial, who was quite experienced in such things had never seen anything like that before, and asked the family about it. My brothers in law, who were the only ones to have attended the original funeral, weren't responsible, nor did they see any of the workmen placing anything, much less coinage, in the niche before sealing it. I've done a reasonably thorough search of burial and grave decoration and symbolism, and can't find a reference to anything that really matches what we saw. Here's a couple of articles:
http://whofortedblog.com/2012/06/27/currency-dead-leave-coins-graves/
http://www.snopes.com/military/coins.asp
Interesting enough, but they don't really match what I'm talking about - coins rather strategically placed by a stranger in a sealed niche, that might well never have been opened again. If you know of any significance or symbolism to three dimes, I'd appreciate hearing from you. (And the number 3 had no special significance in the man's life - it was not the number of wives, siblings, children, date of birth, death, wedding anniversary, etc.). It's a real mystery to me - a total stranger to the man and his family, almost certainly a worker detailed with sealing the chamber, carefully placed three dimes on their edge, leaning against the container of remains, and spaced evenly apart, facing the entrance. And then sealed it all up. Why?
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