Our neighbor's mother just placed a voodoo curse on him!

[rszdtrvl]

His mother was living with him, then the girlfriend moved in and the mother moved out.

I didn't really know the issues, but figured that there was probably bad mojo going on with the whole thing.

Today, I was looking out the window, and I saw his mother park in front of his house. She sat in her car for a minute or so, threw something out the window, and then drove off.

I called DH over and told him what I saw. He went outside, and there was some reddish powder that looked like chili powder and red pepper.

DH immediately said it sounded like voodoo, and went to tell the neighbor.

Turns out his mother practices voodoo, and he has a restraining order against her.

Crazy!!

The neighbor is freaked out and his girlfriend is afraid to stay in the house.

A google search finds that the powder is probably Goofer Dust.

Glad his mother does not live with him (and next to us) anymore, but I feel bad for him and his girlfriend.

 

[Lassie Lynne]

Let me know if this works.........I have someone I wouldn't mind putting a curse on .

 

[luvsJack]

What is "Goofer Dust" supposed to do?

 

[minkydog]

Well, i guess i shouldn't laugh if they actually believe in this stuff. But really, voodoo?

 

[CurlyGirl]

Let me know if this works.........I have someone I wouldn't mind putting a curse on .

Ditto ...

 

[kathie859]

Goofer dust.......graveyard dirt, sulfur, salt...some other possibilities. Who knew

 

[gator75]

Do you think he'd let me borrow her for awhile ihave a mother inlaw that could use a good curse.

 

[LilyWDW]

Well, i guess i shouldn't laugh if they actually believe in this stuff. But really, voodoo?

Yes voodoo... You might be surprised at the number of people who believe in it. Honestly, it's just another belief system.

 

[arminnie]

Tell him that you have an internet friend in New Orleans who has removed the curse. We have much stronger voodoo in nola!!!

 

[castmember19]

add me to the list of people who are curious about what Goofer Dust actually does.

I don't believe in voodoo, I think I'd laugh it off, but if they're scared then I would think that means this isn't the first time the mother has practiced it and it presumably worked.

 

[luvmythree]

Let me know if this works.........I have someone I wouldn't mind putting a curse on .

Me either! Would love to know if this works!

 

[ChattaAlley]

Well, i guess i shouldn't laugh if they actually believe in this stuff. But really, voodoo?

The stuff on this board sometimes is hilarious. Yeah I would be interested to know if it worked.

 

[fireflymedic]

wow thats some mother to "try" to put a curse on her son

I may agree with him to move, just so moma dont know were I live. sounds like its time to drop her from his live

 

[Imzadi]

Yes voodoo... You might be surprised at the number of people who believe in it. Honestly, it's just another belief system.

. . . Until it works!

 

[3boymthr]

It's funny but it's not.

There's an article on VooDoo in a recent Smithsonian Magazine. You know those "zombies" that we laugh about in movies, yeah, well, according to the article there really is a way using VooDoo to create real zombies. Kind of creepy.

 

[FredinFL]

He should look up someone to give him so good juju.

 

[rszdtrvl]

DH and I were shaking our heads all night about it.

Apparently the bad mojo didn't hit me, even though I watched the entire thing. I won $150 at bingo last night!


The girlfriend did not sleep in the house last night. And he looked to be on full alert last night.

I don't doubt any of that crazy voodoo or witchcraft. There is too much unknown about it.

 

[Evil Genius]

Goofer Dust is a very old African-American hoodoo curio used to trouble, harm, or kill an enemy. In particular, it can cause the victim's legs to swell up and medical doctors will not be able to effect a cure. Recipes for making it vary, but it is almost always a mixture of simple natural ingredients, usually including Graveyard Dirt, powdered sulphur (which can give it a yellowish colour) and salt. Subsidiary ingredients may include powdered snake heads or snake skin "sheds," red pepper, black pepper, powdered bones, powdered insects or snails, and greyish, powdery-surfaced herbs such as mullein and sage. In the past, some formulas for Goofer Dust included anvil dust, the fine black iron detritus found around a blacksmith's anvil. A modern substitute for this now-uncommon ingredient would be magnetic sand, which is also black in colour.

When a victim is goofered, a number of things can happen. The victim may start having bad luck, lose his or her job, suffer from sexual impotence or mental confusion, or develop a chronic disease such as tuberculosis, diabetes, angina, gout, or high blood pressure. Of all of these problems, the relationship between goofering and diabetes is the clearest and most direct: the symptoms of poisoning through the feet are identical with those of diabetic edema and diabetic neuropathy.

One of the first signs of leg-centered or "classic" goofering is a sharp pain in the feet or legs. This is followed by swelling and an inability to walk. A really severe case of poisoning will leave the victim crawling around on all fours and howling like a dog. Medical doctors may provide palliative relief, but they can't really help a person who has been goofered. Unless the victim is cured by a root doctor, death may result.

 

[LuvOrlando]

WOW, poor guy

 

[minkydog]

Goofer Dust is a very old African-American hoodoo curio used to trouble, harm, or kill an enemy. In particular, it can cause the victim's legs to swell up and medical doctors will not be able to effect a cure. Recipes for making it vary, but it is almost always a mixture of simple natural ingredients, usually including Graveyard Dirt, powdered sulphur (which can give it a yellowish colour) and salt. Subsidiary ingredients may include powdered snake heads or snake skin "sheds," red pepper, black pepper, powdered bones, powdered insects or snails, and greyish, powdery-surfaced herbs such as mullein and sage. In the past, some formulas for Goofer Dust included anvil dust, the fine black iron detritus found around a blacksmith's anvil. A modern substitute for this now-uncommon ingredient would be magnetic sand, which is also black in colour.

When a victim is goofered, a number of things can happen. The victim may start having bad luck, lose his or her job, suffer from sexual impotence or mental confusion, or develop a chronic disease such as tuberculosis, diabetes, angina, gout, or high blood pressure. Of all of these problems, the relationship between goofering and diabetes is the clearest and most direct: the symptoms of poisoning through the feet are identical with those of diabetic edema and diabetic neuropathy.

One of the first signs of leg-centered or "classic" goofering is a sharp pain in the feet or legs. This is followed by swelling and an inability to walk. A really severe case of poisoning will leave the victim crawling around on all fours and howling like a dog. Medical doctors may provide palliative relief, but they can't really help a person who has been goofered. Unless the victim is cured by a root doctor, death may result.

Can we get a link to a legitimate medical source, please? This sounds pretty far out there. Bordering on the ridiculous, even.