Belgian Blames Scottish Souvenir for Bad Luck

A terrified Belgian tourist has asked that a stone he took home from an ancient Scottish burial site be returned to its rightful place, saying the souvenir had been haunting him.

Tourism officials in Scotland’s northern Highlands region said they received the 2-pound stone in the mail with a letter from the unnamed tourist. The letter said that, since the tourist took the stone home, his daughter had broken her leg, he had lost his job and his wife had fallen ill.

The tourist said he took the stone from the Clava Cairns rock formation, a site that dates to about 2000 BC and contains the remains of several large burial cairns surrounded by stone circles.