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Messages in bottles are usually welcome finds on the beach, but a variation steeped in superstition and witchcraft is being found along the Gulf Coast along Texas.
The “witch bottles” — created to thwart evil spells— are being collected by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, and staff are making a point of leaving them unopened.
That’s because “witch bottles” are the result of old-school spell casting, and studies have revealed such strange contents as iron nails, rusty pins, hair and urine.
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The “witch bottles” — created to thwart evil spells— are being collected by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, and staff are making a point of leaving them unopened.
That’s because “witch bottles” are the result of old-school spell casting, and studies have revealed such strange contents as iron nails, rusty pins, hair and urine.
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