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The Basano Vase

This is an urban legend based on cursed objects

By Narendran CPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
The Basano Vase
Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash

This is said to be a cursed object. The people who took ownership of this object died very soon after owning it, and that too in a very mysterious and suspicious manner. We think that having some objects will bring us luck. It may be a coin or wallet. The exact opposite of that concept is the "cursed object." The places around the object will have negative vibes and eventually make way for the negative events to take place. It may even cause death to some people who spend time near it. One of the most famous of them is the Basano vase. It is a vase that is made out of pure silver. It is not an object that attracts people after looking at it. The curse on this vase made it more popular among the people. Apart from that, it does not have any value. Nobody knows the location of the object. Except for a photograph, there is no other proof or evidence that this vase existed until now. We were also never able to track the original owner of the vase. We also never knew how this object got the curse. 

According to the stories, it is said that it was created in the 15th century in a small village in Italy. This vase was created to be presented as a gift for a wedding. The night before the wedding, the gift was given to the bridegroom. The girl who received the gift died after receiving it. The next morning, when people opened the door, they were all surprised. The girl was dead. She was holding the vase tightly between her hands even after her death. The people were never able to find out the cause of the death of the girl.

The people never noticed the vase in her hand. Later, that vase became the reason for the deaths of many people. This bridegroom was the starting point of the deaths. After that, that vase was used by an old man in the family. Unfortunately, he also died mysteriously. Then the vase moved on to another couple in the same family. Months later, the couple died in an accident. Only after several deaths do the people in the family start noting down the connections between the deaths. They noted that the vase was the only common thing among all the deaths. Then the people of the family buried the vase in their own backyard.

In some versions, people say that the family did not bury the vase, but instead handed it over to a pope in the church, who buried the vase in the backyard of the church. In the other version, it is said that the vase was thrown into a river. Later, after centuries, in the year 1988, a boy saw an object half submerged in the land. Out of curiosity, he started digging around it. The boy thought of making money out of it. So he took it to an auction. People started bidding on this object, thinking that it must be some kind of ancient vase.

Then they never knew the backstory of the vase. Finally, a pharmacist bought it. He was very happy after buying the ancient vase. Later, after 3 months, the pharmacist died because of a mysterious disease. Then the family finds out that the death might have happened because of the curse on the vase. Then they sold it to a doctor who knew nothing about it. The doctor also died after buying the vase. Then the vase travelled through many families and also caused the deaths of many people.

Then the vase started to get famous among the people. Then finally, it landed in the hands of an old couple. The man got sick, so the lady threw the vase out of her window. It landed on a police car. The policemen investigated it, and the lady was stubborn. She did not take the vase back. So the policeman, after hearing the stories about the vase, locked it in a wooden box and buried it in a forest. Till Now we never know the exact location of the vase. There is no solid evidence that this object existed other than a photo of it. 

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