serendipity* (the dark side...)

fr.Sunday's SF Chron.-the "Travel" section...
(6-1-08)
traveler-writer wandering thru the hinterlands of Albania...
"After passing this eerie ghost town I
was surprised to see, out of the corner of
my eye, a doll crucified on the metal
crossbars of a concrete pillar. The next
half-finished building had a stuffed
elephant impaled on a 6-inch bolt in a wall.
The grisly scenes continued with a massacre
of teddy bears, Barbies and a few
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all offered
like sacrifices atop construction projects.
I was told this was for luck, but
never did find out why."
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* occurrence and development of events by chance...
....in a happy or beneficial way....