Mystery coffins moving in Barbados

The island (Barbados) in the small eastern side of the Caribbean is an independent state in what was once a British colony and still so far owes allegiance to the Queen of Britain. Occurred in that island strange things centered around the cemetery dedicated to the family (Chase), where the coffins (coffins) in the basement of the tomb moving forces unknown, making it the phenomenon impressed researchers in more than a century, the transformation of the puzzle to the legend, known as the coffins moving in (Barbados) . Located cemetery family (Chase) at Cemetery (West Indian) at a distance of 11 km from the capital (Bridgetown), vault is a large building dedicated to the family (Chase) and their knowledge close to them, is half the height vault above the ground while the other half under the ground in order to be protected to some extent from outside the center.

 Vault filled with family members over time (Chase) of the deceased. Was Ms. (Toamasina Goddard) was the first member of the family is placed inside the vault and was Taputha wooden and simple in the month of July of 1807, after years of that and put (Mary Ann Chase), who died at the age of two years only within the vault, and on 6 July 1812 and placed older sister's (Mary Ann), a (Dorcas Chase) in the vault, some claim that (Dorcas), a hunger strike she died of hunger and grief after her father neglected and forced to bear the suffering.

After a few weeks of the death (Dorcas) father died (Thomas Chase) he put in the same vault as usual, the legend tells that (Thomas) was the most odious men in (Barbados). When he opened the cemetery of the family (Chase) to bury (Thomas) struck amazement of those who attended the funeral because they noticed that he was not any of the coffins, the other placed in the vault in place, presumably, Vharoa angry they thought that the thieves found a way to enter the cemetery and dig up coffins to search for booty, but the entrance to the burial constitutes an obstacle to thieves as Asdh a huge rock slab and attached with cement construction.

 And each time you open the vault to be broken cement rock around the board blocking the entrance, and this work requires a number of men to Arfoh. In the end decided to attend the graves that thieves were able to somehow move the coffins. So they put the coffins again in its proper place, as they put the ark (Thomas) gray in his place and then blocked the entrance to the burial, as has been the practice previously.

 On September 25, 1816 open vault again to bury (Charles Brewster Ames) with a 11-year, and reiterates the same as what happened before it and found that the coffins are not in place, presumably including the ark (Thomas) the amount of $ 240 pounds, which was lying outside the place is supposed, and so re-Sort of a new coffin and closed the entrance to the burial as usual. After 52 days, only came later buried (Samuel Brewster), and then gathered a large crowd of people may witness the continuation of their own that strange phenomenon, where the board examined the rock, which covers the entrance to the burial carefully did not find any traces of cracks

 When it was removed and the opening of the coffins in the burial place is, and unexpectedly found that the ark of Ms. (Goddard), the only wooden disjointed in a deplorable condition and they combine parts with wires. Vault and check the number of investigators, including (Revardnd Oderson Thomas) did not find any reason may lead to such strange things, and then cleaned and sealed vault.

And the coffin only left unchanged is the wooden sarcophagus broken to Mrs. (Goddard) for fear of causing damage additional to him, this time is the island's governor (Lord Comermir) expert investigators to investigate the matter and really examined everything in the vault did not find anything unusual then placed the coffins side by side and brushed a layer of sand on the floor of the burial in order to show footprints perpetrators of the crime. Ark and entrusted Ms. (Goddard) to the wooden wall of the burial, and then close the landfill and put seal etched upon the ruling, and everyone on the island were waiting for the next opportunity to re-open the vault.

Did not come again later to open the vault because of the presence of dead for burial, but came on the orders of the ruler and out of curiosity In the April 18, 1820 he traveled the ruling and a number of friends to the cemetery and found that ring on the case did not Amessh ill, and when opened the vault and found the coffins in other locations so that each was upside down and there were no footprints on the floor furnished with sand! , And so moved the coffins from the cemetery and buried in other places on the island and after examining the tomb shows that it contains no water and there is no way to force the water to it, and ruled that the earthquakes are the cause of how the earthquake for example, that affect the spot specific room vault without affecting the wooden coffin.