It's St. Joseph. I buried one of those 4" plastic St. Joes for a listing I had in Issaquah about 9 months ago. The place sold quickly, but when I went back to dig up the statue, I couldn't find it..Maybe the place has been sold several times since then because of my deficient saint finding abilities?
As an atheist, I have to say that the idea that burying a religious statue in the yard to help sell a house is about as foreign as you can get on several different levels.
...And you think it was easy for this Jewish agnostic to bury a plastic statue of a Catholic saint?
Well, I'm sure you had to pack a shovel all the way out to your car, and then dig a bit of a whole. Assuming the sod was well grown you had to no doubt put some force into the first foot or so of your hole. I like to use my foot and gravity to help get the hole started. After that, it really depends on how deep you dug. I mean it's a small statue right? So it's not like you were digging out an irrigation ditch. Maybe you went down 2 feet?
I didn't even use a shovel. I used a little trowel, the plastic statue is only 4" tall. Nah, it wasn't backbreaking work..But how did that little bugger disappear?
Now, I don't see why anyone would do that, but you gave me an idea...
Maybe there would be a market out there for Tim Ellis voodoo dolls. We could market them to sellers' agents that want to take every possible measure to ensure the house sells quickly.
Here's a better plan. Put Tim's statue on a helium balloon and float it over the house you want. That will make it more of a legitimate haunting. Or make the statue a balloon, which is cheaper. If you attach a little fan to it, you could even steer it around for especially effective haunting capabilities.
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Well, I'm sure you had to pack a shovel all the way out to your car, and then dig a bit of a whole. Assuming the sod was well grown you had to no doubt put some force into the first foot or so of your hole. I like to use my foot and gravity to help get the hole started. After that, it really depends on how deep you dug. I mean it's a small statue right? So it's not like you were digging out an irrigation ditch. Maybe you went down 2 feet?
It doesn't sound too hard to me.
You have three options, and what you pick determines how much faith you have - ergo how effective the statue was.
1) The statue was consumed divinely the instant the house sold.
2) It succumbed slowly as bacteria and nematodes ate it, which is a miracle since it was plastic.
3) You didn't mark the 'tomb' well enough; it's still down there but you just can't find it.
Maybe there would be a market out there for Tim Ellis voodoo dolls. We could market them to sellers' agents that want to take every possible measure to ensure the house sells quickly.
What if it worked? yeah, you'd be getting rich off of some John L Scott listing agents, but developing premature arthritis.
Isn't that also trespassing and perhaps vandalism?
This is good. Are you getting all this down Tim?