The Skull of Chief Blood-Hand



There is an oral legend passed down from generation to generation by a Native American tribe. A skull that causes misfortune, than death, of the possessor of the land it lies on, or under. The skull belonged to a chief. The chief was said to consort with demonic powers. He was named Chief Blood-Hand. He would offer a human skull, blackened and engraved with strange symbols, to those afflicted of problems from another.

The costs of his services were very steep, usually gold or even blood or flesh sacrifice. The skull was given to the afflicted, and they would have to bury it on another’s property, usually the afflicter. The skull would than grow a dead tree, at any time of the year. A “decrepit, ugly thin-branched tree would grow on the property”, and the person who owned the land would die within a week, unless they removed the skull from their property. The skull could be removed by destroying the branches of the tree, than pulling up the lightly-buried skull. The skull and tree wood would then have to be removed from their property within a week, or else they would be killed in a horrible way, and the Burier, as they were known, would have their revenge.

The reason I bring up this old, lost legend because I’ve found the skull, buried in my backyard. If the legend is true, I thought, I can think of some people who deserve death. I buried it in one of our family nemesis’s yard. The “family” consists of lazy, drunken, drug-addicted bachelors. They died by the end of the week, as they were too lazy to dig up an ugly tree in their backyard. Their guts and bones were everywhere; blood drenched the walls of their living room. It looked like they literally exploded from the inside out. The police were called out, of course, but found no identifiable proof of a killer, nor any explosive residue. It just looked like they spontaneously exploded.

If you have wronged me, you better watch out. I am a Burier now. I will give you a fair warning; you have one week.


 * This story is based on a dream I had.*