those who remove rocks and stones from it
or its immediate surroundings.
As reported in The Paranormal
Guide: Since the 1970's, an average of one
package arrives daily at the National Park
Rangers offices, containing a piece of rock
that had been removed by someone who
has visited the park. Accompanying notes
generally contain an apology, but others
detail specific tragic events that have
befallen the taker of the 'souvenir'. Deaths,
divorces, emotional turmoil, vehicle
accidents, illness and injury are some of
the reasons people cite for returning these
'Sorry Rocks'. It should be noted that it is
not just rocks that are returned but also
sand, twigs, seeds and photographs.
Most of the rocks are smaller than
your fist, but larger specimens have also
been posted back to the site. A German
family returned a rock weighing 9kg, the
postage must have been massive, so the
desperation to return the rock and lift their
'curse' must have been great. That
specimen has only been beaten by the
32kg slab posted back from South
Australia. 3
Tourists have returned them with
notes of lamentation such as 'I'm really
sorry I've taken this, this doesn't belong
where I am, it belongs in its spiritual
home, please return the rock'.
3
http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/the-
sorry-rocks-of-uluru-ayers-rock
A package containing 'sorry rocks' .
Image Credit:http://www.theparanormalguide.com/
blog/the-sorry-rocks-of-uluru-ayers-rock
Inexplicable Occurrences
A number of online accounts
connecting Uluru to ‘bizarre’ or
inexplicable occurrences are tenuous and
some bloggers want to believe there is a
curse attached to it. One such story is
related on a You Tube video that the
mysterious disappearance of colonial
explorer Ludwig Leichardt was due to his
encounter with the Rock. Another write-up
on well-known website Before It’s News
recounts a story that seems to have its
wires crossed with the historical fiction
Picnic at Hanging Rock, set at the turn of
the nineteenth century
(http://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/201
3/08/bizarre-legend-incident-at-flat-rock-
2455990.html).
It is really unnecessary to create
stories to describe the numinous feelings