Pele's Curse

Looking forward to returning this black sand that I took from the big island of Hawaii 23 years ago when I was 20 years old. I've got to stop this streak of bad luck... Suffering the consequences of my bad action. I was warned... I knew it was wrong... I did it anyway... Thought I was being smart... I had no idea what was at stake. Now I realize why... I see the signs. I am taking it back to that black sand beach at Kalapana. I'm begging for forgiveness from the Gods of Hawaii. I must make it right with Pele.

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Twenty three years ago I scooped this black sand up in my shoes as I walked the black sand beach at Kalapana. When I got back on the tour bus I dumped it into a bag I had been carrying. And then, when I got back to my room I put it into this small ziploc bag. I brought it home to the mainland knowing of Pele's Curse. I knew I was wrong but had no idea of the consequences to come. I will return it. I'm glad I have these pitures so I can take it back to it's proper location on the big island of Hawaii.



Here I am, that fateful day, on the Black Sand Beach at Kalapana.
October 1987