I went to visit a sick friend early last night. Not death-bed sick, just not feeling well. He's a young man with occasional stomach problems, and as has been my experience, men like to have attention when they aren't feeling well - you may call that sexist if you like, but it HAS been my experience and it appears to be true of my friends in Haiti as well.
My friend lives with his older sister in a nice small home in the village. There are two bedrooms, one in which three or four people sleep so this room acts a little bit like a living room. I sat on my friend's bed with him in the lamplight with his teenage cousins, and his sister sat outside the back door at the fire preparing food.
As we were talking about whether he had been taking his medicine or if he had any left, he said that he was going to get a massage tonight. I thought "there's a masseuse in town?". We do have a small beauty shop where you can get manicures and such, but I had never heard there was a masseuse.
I don't always ask questions as I never seem to get a satisfactory answer. I don't know whether people are deliberately vague, or if it's a result of using a language that is much more limited in vocabulary than English. I've learned to be patient, observant and just let things unfold so that I understand what's going on. And if I'm still confused I can always ask questions later.
As we sat and chatted and waited, I found out it was a "Haitian" massage, and that he was waiting for a man to come. He said that it would help with any gas that may be causing him discomfort.
I finally clued in that it was probably a leaf doctor or traditional healer who was making a housecall. (This is not the same thing as vodou)
The man arrived and asked my friend to sit in a chair. He poured some oil and some klaren (alcohol) in a bowl and lit the alcohol on fire and let it burn for a minute or two, then blew it out. He used the oil that was left to give the massage. It's a tree oil that isn't really slippery like a typical massage oil would be, and it absorbed easily into the skin after a few minutes. Apparently, it's also used as a hair tonic.
He started by feeling the stomach, and gave the verdict that it had "fallen". I've heard the expression "vant mwen tombe" before so it's a common way to describe stomach problems. He continued on to give a very vigorous massage to the chest, upper arms, back and neck.
They were joking that it was my turn next, and though there are times that I'd love a massage, this isn't exactly what I have in mind, so I declined. It actually looked vigorous enough that it would give sore muscles.
My friend didn't say if it made him feel better or not, but he did take me back to the hospital because it had gotten late. He also took the opportunity to visit one of our doctors who is his friend, and went home with some good ol' traditional western medication.
10.30.2008
10.26.2008
"Late" Night in Fond des Blancs
Last night I went out early in the evening to sit outside the library to shoot the breeze with my friend Emerson and whoever else wanted to help me practice Kreyol. I like to do this because I meet new people and it is helping me with my ear, which is the hardest part of learning the language for me. I also go just because it's fun, I enjoy the company, and it gets me outside of these four walls.
I intended to walk back up to the hospital in an hour or so, but an opportunity arose.
There's a little dance club in a nearby village that has been mentioned to me a few times. I haven't danced konpa since the T-Vice concert in July and was afraid I was going to forget how. I certainly wasn't dressed for dancing (sport sandals?), but we decided to go anyway.
La Hexagone has a roof-covered concrete dance floor that is shaped like a hexagon, with coloured lights in the middle. They have a great sound system which they play loud enough to dance to but low enough to hear conversations - an abnormality. There are tables and chairs around the dancing area, and a small bar where you can buy beer or coke.
We danced some, I got traded off to a couple of other dance partners, and we sat and talked and had a Prestige. It was so nice to be under a sky full of stars, palm trees, cool night air, and to have fun music to listen to.
I was home in bed by 10:30. Even when you're having fun, nights aren't late.
I intended to walk back up to the hospital in an hour or so, but an opportunity arose.
There's a little dance club in a nearby village that has been mentioned to me a few times. I haven't danced konpa since the T-Vice concert in July and was afraid I was going to forget how. I certainly wasn't dressed for dancing (sport sandals?), but we decided to go anyway.
La Hexagone has a roof-covered concrete dance floor that is shaped like a hexagon, with coloured lights in the middle. They have a great sound system which they play loud enough to dance to but low enough to hear conversations - an abnormality. There are tables and chairs around the dancing area, and a small bar where you can buy beer or coke.
We danced some, I got traded off to a couple of other dance partners, and we sat and talked and had a Prestige. It was so nice to be under a sky full of stars, palm trees, cool night air, and to have fun music to listen to.
I was home in bed by 10:30. Even when you're having fun, nights aren't late.
10.25.2008
Kochon
Today was the end of the line for our current resident pig.
Every couple of months we slaughter a pig for use here at the hospital. Even though I have never actually witnessed it (thankfully) we all know when it is happening because of the terrible squealing that goes on.
After the pig is killed, they burn the hair off with a palm frond that has been lit on fire. This is the only thing I've seen done and only because I once stumbled apon some people doing it. The pig is then washed and cut into pieces. As far as I can tell they aren't butchered into different cuts like at home, and I don't think any part is salted or cured. The photo here shows Dieumene and Solange putting the pieces of meat into bags to be frozen and cooked as griot when on the menu.
We then start working on fattening another one with the kitchen scraps. Nothing goes to waste.
10.21.2008
Ring-a-ding
Those who know me know I'm a little bit of a technology geek, but just a little. I don't buy new technology unless I have a need for it, and there's a lot of things I don't own. I do know how to build an external hard drive and upgrade internal hard drives and memory (actually very easy to do). When I have the time and patience I like to try to figure those things out.
The only cell phone I had in the US was an old, simple pay-as-you-go phone. I had no need for a plan or a fancy phone as I only used it for emergencies. My last trip home I bought a nice new phone hoping that I could use it in Haiti as well. It turned out to be locked to AT&T's pay-as-you-go service. I've spent some time off and on searching online as to how I can unlock it so I can use it here. Finally, last week I contacted AT&T through their chat support, requested the unlock code and I had the phone unlocked and my Digicel SIM card working in it within four hours.
It's irrational how happy this has made me.
Most of the cell phone service in Haiti is pay-as-you-go. When there's no mail service, or organized address system, or access to banking services, that's the only way it can function. In the past couple of years, cell phone usage has exploded here. The basic phones are inexpensive and you can purchase time in small increments simply by purchasing a scratch card and entering a code into the phone. The cards are sold by independents, so they can be purchased almost anywhere. Even on the mountain tops you will see little hand-lettered signs on gates saying "Kat Digicel pou vann ici".
When I buy cards I usually buy several so that if my service dies I can quickly add more money to the phone. To make calls within Haiti is about $.10/minute at peak times, less on evenings and weekends. That's still quite expensive for people with limited resources, so calls are usually quick. To call home to Canada costs about $.38/minute so I haven't been calling home very much.
Text messaging is available and used quite widely because it is less expensive than calling, and you receive SMS credits separately from the time for making calls. Even when you can't make calls you can still send texts. You can also receive calls even if you have no time left on your phone. Digicel allows the transfer of credits from one phone to another, so it's not unusal to receive a text message from a friend (or someone you barely know) asking if you will transfer some credit to them.
Phone service has transformed the way everything is done here. Logistically it has improved transportation and organization for our employees. Much more can be done now on trips to the city as everyone stays in touch as they are going to meetings and running errands. Even our pregnant women can call the hospital when they go into labour and we will send an ambulance to pick them up if they wish to come in for delivery.
No one knows what they would do without their phones now.
The only cell phone I had in the US was an old, simple pay-as-you-go phone. I had no need for a plan or a fancy phone as I only used it for emergencies. My last trip home I bought a nice new phone hoping that I could use it in Haiti as well. It turned out to be locked to AT&T's pay-as-you-go service. I've spent some time off and on searching online as to how I can unlock it so I can use it here. Finally, last week I contacted AT&T through their chat support, requested the unlock code and I had the phone unlocked and my Digicel SIM card working in it within four hours.
It's irrational how happy this has made me.
Most of the cell phone service in Haiti is pay-as-you-go. When there's no mail service, or organized address system, or access to banking services, that's the only way it can function. In the past couple of years, cell phone usage has exploded here. The basic phones are inexpensive and you can purchase time in small increments simply by purchasing a scratch card and entering a code into the phone. The cards are sold by independents, so they can be purchased almost anywhere. Even on the mountain tops you will see little hand-lettered signs on gates saying "Kat Digicel pou vann ici".
When I buy cards I usually buy several so that if my service dies I can quickly add more money to the phone. To make calls within Haiti is about $.10/minute at peak times, less on evenings and weekends. That's still quite expensive for people with limited resources, so calls are usually quick. To call home to Canada costs about $.38/minute so I haven't been calling home very much.
Text messaging is available and used quite widely because it is less expensive than calling, and you receive SMS credits separately from the time for making calls. Even when you can't make calls you can still send texts. You can also receive calls even if you have no time left on your phone. Digicel allows the transfer of credits from one phone to another, so it's not unusal to receive a text message from a friend (or someone you barely know) asking if you will transfer some credit to them.
Phone service has transformed the way everything is done here. Logistically it has improved transportation and organization for our employees. Much more can be done now on trips to the city as everyone stays in touch as they are going to meetings and running errands. Even our pregnant women can call the hospital when they go into labour and we will send an ambulance to pick them up if they wish to come in for delivery.
No one knows what they would do without their phones now.
10.19.2008
Not so great news
October 15, 2008
Poor to suffer meltdown as well
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS
Associated Press
GENEVA -- The world's poorest people will be hungrier, sicker and have fewer jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, and cash-strapped aid agencies will be less able to help, aid groups are warning.
The charities that provide food, medicine and other relief on the ground say cutbacks have already started, but it will take months or more before the full impact is felt in the poorest countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia.
During global recessions in the 1970s and 1990s, aid spending dropped sharply and took years to recover, said Matt Grainger of the British-based charity Oxfam International.
Aid agencies face more than just the prospect of plummeting donations. Higher food prices and more joblessness are greatly increasing the number of people who need assistance.
Philippe Guiton of World Vision told the Associated Press that his agency plans to cut back hiring, which will have implications for delivering aid to the needy.
"What we are going to do now is to issue an order to reduce spending, to delay recruitment, delay purchases of capital assets, etc., until we can see clearer how much our income has dropped," he said.
Robert Glasser, secretary-general of CARE International, said the agency has "a number of major donors who have invested heavily in the markets and have now seen their portfolios take a big hit."What that will mean on the ground could take months to gauge and perhaps years for a complete recovery, aid groups said.
In impoverished Haiti, funding for projects to rebuild from tropical storms that killed nearly 800 people and destroyed more than half the nation's agriculture hangs in the balance.
"It's too soon to tell yet because we haven't heard back positively or negatively from our major donors," Greg Elder, deputy head of programming for U.S-based Catholic Relief Services, said by telephone from the battered port of Les Cayes.
The group is waiting for word from the U.S. Agency for International Development on whether it will get $2 million for 10 new food-for-work projects, which provide Haitians with rations in exchange for building roads, irrigation systems and environmental projects.
That means problems across the board, said CARE's Glasser. Wealthy countries will stop investing in developing countries, and cut back on imports from poorer countries, leaving their governments with less money to pay for health care and schools, he said.
In Zimbabwe, a Red Cross food program for 260,000 orphans and HIV-infected people began last month to make sure AIDS victims have sufficient nourishment in a nation where millions are going hungry because of drought and land-seizures that have devastated agriculture.
HIV-infected people are especially vulnerable because without food they cannot tolerate their medicine."The farmers' food stores are depleted. There is no food available," said Peter Lundberg, country representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
"I spoke to a family a few days ago and I said, 'How are you coping?' Basically this was a poor farmer family. And they said, 'We used to have three, maybe four, meals a day and now we're down to one meal."
Medecins Sans Frontieres, which runs AIDS clinics in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha in South Africa, said it's "far too early" to determine the impact the crisis would have on donations.
"The money we're spending now was collected some time ago," said Henrik Glette, a South Africa-based spokesman for the group.
But Neil Tobin, an employee of UNAIDS in Sierra Leone, warned: "It is well documented that AIDS is a problem compounded by poverty. Thus the concern is that any sharp economic downturn may present increased challenges, particularly for developing nations in responding to the epidemic."
Top scientists meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, said they feared the financial turmoil would curb research into a new AIDS vaccine.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said "the increases in the budget we had hoped for will not be forthcoming."
Alan Bernstein, head of Global Vaccine Enterprise, said the financial meltdown is "not good news for research in general and vaccine research in particular."
Associated Press writers Jonathan M. Katz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Michelle Faul and Donna Bryson in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Clare Nullis in Cape Town, South Africa contributed to this report.
Poor to suffer meltdown as well
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS
Associated Press
GENEVA -- The world's poorest people will be hungrier, sicker and have fewer jobs as a result of the global financial crisis, and cash-strapped aid agencies will be less able to help, aid groups are warning.
The charities that provide food, medicine and other relief on the ground say cutbacks have already started, but it will take months or more before the full impact is felt in the poorest countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia.
During global recessions in the 1970s and 1990s, aid spending dropped sharply and took years to recover, said Matt Grainger of the British-based charity Oxfam International.
Aid agencies face more than just the prospect of plummeting donations. Higher food prices and more joblessness are greatly increasing the number of people who need assistance.
Philippe Guiton of World Vision told the Associated Press that his agency plans to cut back hiring, which will have implications for delivering aid to the needy.
"What we are going to do now is to issue an order to reduce spending, to delay recruitment, delay purchases of capital assets, etc., until we can see clearer how much our income has dropped," he said.
Robert Glasser, secretary-general of CARE International, said the agency has "a number of major donors who have invested heavily in the markets and have now seen their portfolios take a big hit."What that will mean on the ground could take months to gauge and perhaps years for a complete recovery, aid groups said.
In impoverished Haiti, funding for projects to rebuild from tropical storms that killed nearly 800 people and destroyed more than half the nation's agriculture hangs in the balance.
"It's too soon to tell yet because we haven't heard back positively or negatively from our major donors," Greg Elder, deputy head of programming for U.S-based Catholic Relief Services, said by telephone from the battered port of Les Cayes.
The group is waiting for word from the U.S. Agency for International Development on whether it will get $2 million for 10 new food-for-work projects, which provide Haitians with rations in exchange for building roads, irrigation systems and environmental projects.
That means problems across the board, said CARE's Glasser. Wealthy countries will stop investing in developing countries, and cut back on imports from poorer countries, leaving their governments with less money to pay for health care and schools, he said.
In Zimbabwe, a Red Cross food program for 260,000 orphans and HIV-infected people began last month to make sure AIDS victims have sufficient nourishment in a nation where millions are going hungry because of drought and land-seizures that have devastated agriculture.
HIV-infected people are especially vulnerable because without food they cannot tolerate their medicine."The farmers' food stores are depleted. There is no food available," said Peter Lundberg, country representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
"I spoke to a family a few days ago and I said, 'How are you coping?' Basically this was a poor farmer family. And they said, 'We used to have three, maybe four, meals a day and now we're down to one meal."
Medecins Sans Frontieres, which runs AIDS clinics in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha in South Africa, said it's "far too early" to determine the impact the crisis would have on donations.
"The money we're spending now was collected some time ago," said Henrik Glette, a South Africa-based spokesman for the group.
But Neil Tobin, an employee of UNAIDS in Sierra Leone, warned: "It is well documented that AIDS is a problem compounded by poverty. Thus the concern is that any sharp economic downturn may present increased challenges, particularly for developing nations in responding to the epidemic."
Top scientists meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, said they feared the financial turmoil would curb research into a new AIDS vaccine.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said "the increases in the budget we had hoped for will not be forthcoming."
Alan Bernstein, head of Global Vaccine Enterprise, said the financial meltdown is "not good news for research in general and vaccine research in particular."
Associated Press writers Jonathan M. Katz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Michelle Faul and Donna Bryson in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Clare Nullis in Cape Town, South Africa contributed to this report.
10.17.2008
Blogger's Block
In case you hadn't noticed I've been having a difficult time writing for the blogs lately. I don't know what it is. I do think of things to write about, but when I sit down I can't think of an interesting way to put it or even to expand on the idea. So I thought I'd entertain you with a list of random things.
- I just had to rush to my bedroom to pull up my shirt and kill a couple of ants that had sneaked in and were biting me. I hate that.
- I learned how to eat an orange deyo (outdoors, meaning standing beneath the tree) without getting my hands sticky.
- People here can call their children practically the same name (for example Rosenie and Rosenia) but still think it very weird that my mother called my twin sister and I Ellen and Elaine.
- The treatment for hiccups in a baby is to place a thread from their diaper on their forehead.
- My friends think it's okay to ask me how much I weigh, and then guess all kinds of very insulting numbers. Just for fun.
Okay, enough of that.
Today was the major Haiti fundraiser at the hospital where I worked. All day I've been thinking about it and hoping that it went well, and missing all my friends. To everyone on the Haiti Committee I hope that it was a great day. I hope you're tired but very satisfied.
Diana and Deb, I think you'd be entertained to know that I'm starting an analysis of the menu and food budget for our little elderly home. And I thought I was getting away from all of that. Oh, and it has to be low sodium. Thought you'd like that too.
10.14.2008
Thanksgiving
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada. It is probably my most favourite holiday. While I was living in the US, I just couldn't get used to celebrating it later in the Fall. I love that in Canada it is during the peak of the leaves turning, and the days are still a little warm with crisp nights. I love that it doesn't have the frenzy that accompanies Christmas.
Anyway, I really missed being home with my family yesterday and I'm missing the change in seasons. It is still very warm here but it seems that the sun is a little later coming up and a little earlier going down, but that may just be my mind playing tricks on me.
10.09.2008
Jon Abricot
When I was learning how to say colours in Kreyol, I learned that the word for "orange" was not "oranj". The kreyol name for the English colour orange is "jon abricot" or literally "apricot yellow". The abricot is not the same as the apricot at home. It is a large, heavy fruit with a thick skin that has a mild, apple-like flavour and a consistency that's difficult to describe - it's not juicy, it's not dry. I rather like them. And the flesh happens to be bright orange in colour.
I was puzzled by this at first, until orange season arrived. I've come to the conclusion that the reason they don't call the colour orange "oranj" in Haiti is because the oranges are green.
Oh, and as the photo shows, the bananas are green when they are ripe, too. No wonder I have such a difficult time telling when the fruit on our trees is ready to eat.
I was puzzled by this at first, until orange season arrived. I've come to the conclusion that the reason they don't call the colour orange "oranj" in Haiti is because the oranges are green.
Oh, and as the photo shows, the bananas are green when they are ripe, too. No wonder I have such a difficult time telling when the fruit on our trees is ready to eat.
10.06.2008
Etang de Miragoane
10/8/08 UPDATE: The bypass road is now passable by small truck. I'm unsure if the large trucks (ie. fuel trucks, transport trucks) are able to pass but if not, it should be soon. This will be a HUGE improvement for the south.
These two vehicles attempted to cross and either hit holes in the road or went off the side of the pavement. We heard that two people drowned. This is why vehices are no longer allowed to cross.
The flooded lake at Miragoane remains the source of serious problems for the two departments of the peninsula. No vehicles are allowed to drive through. Fuel shortages are causing issues for everyone. The price of gas has risen considerably. We are at risk of running out of fuel for the hospital generator. Much hope is being pinned on the new road that is being built to bypass the flooded part of the National Highway and it is thought it will be passable this week. The city of Les Cayes is in desperate need of fuel, and this is causing rumblings of unrest there.
The Etang de Miragoane is a large lake (or pond, depending on where you're from) that normally lies very close to the road. It was a beautiful part of the drive to the south and is very close to where we turn off into the mountains to reach Fond des Blancs. It was always fun to drive by and see people washing their clothes and the kids swimming. I'm not sure why, but the water has not gone down. It remains chest to chin deep on the road.
When you arrive at the lake now you are greeted by chaos. The trucks are lined up at the sides of the road, offloading goods and passengers. There are people everywhere. As soon as you pull up, a couple of people will come up with wheelbarrows to carry your luggage for you. You get harassed a little if you say no. It's all part of the game. As you walk closer to the water, you will be surrounded by men who want to piggyback you to a boat so you don't get your feet and pants wet. They are very aggressive. You need to have decided which boat you are getting on before you decide to let someone piggyback you or else you could get separated from your fellow travellers. We are always organized beforehand and let one person deal with deciding and paying for any services. If you have bags that you can't carry yourself, you need to make sure they are in good hands as they can disappear in the chaos.
The boats are what we would call dorys. Mostly wooden, wide rowboats that are poled across the flooded road, with usually one or two men in the water to help guide it. There are motor boats that run out over the lake too, but they are usually overloaded and the water is much deeper there. Some of the boats are fishing boats that the owners have brought from the sea coast as they can make more money ferrying than they can fishing.
These two vehicles attempted to cross and either hit holes in the road or went off the side of the pavement. We heard that two people drowned. This is why vehices are no longer allowed to cross.In addition to the chaos and aggressiveness, there's a strong sense of fear. Unless a Haitian has grown up beside the sea or a lake, they usually haven't had the opportunity to learn how to swim. You can see this in the expressions of the people on the boats, there are a lot of white knuckles and very little joking around. Even those who do know how to swim are afraid of capsizing. You don't want to be the only one afloat when you are surrounded by frantic non-swimmers.
All of this chaos has become a spectator sport. When you reach the flooded road, you can look up to the hillside to see a lot people sitting and standing watching the excitement, just like a football match.
Roads
It can't be overemphasized how bad the conditions for travel and transportation are here. It is impacting everything. There are some parts of the country that have been severely affected by the storms and they've still received little assistance because of the difficulty in reaching them. I found this link to a road map on another blog (thanks R.) that gives an overall idea of how things are in the country. (Fond des Blancs is on the southern coast, almost in the middle).
It's important to remember that the end result of this is profound human suffering.
Note: The road from the National Highway into Santon, Fond des Blancs, has been improved significantly since the storms thanks to the road crews who have been working tirelessly the past few weeks. It takes a little longer to travel, but is completely passable at this time.
It's important to remember that the end result of this is profound human suffering.
Note: The road from the National Highway into Santon, Fond des Blancs, has been improved significantly since the storms thanks to the road crews who have been working tirelessly the past few weeks. It takes a little longer to travel, but is completely passable at this time.
10.04.2008
Haiti raises storm death toll to nearly 800
Haiti raises storm death toll to nearly 800
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The official death toll from four storms that ravaged Haiti this summer has nearly doubled to some 800 people, authorities said Friday.
Civil defense director Maria-Alta Jean Baptiste said in an interview with The Associated Press that 793 bodies have been found so far, and authorities are still looking for bodies in the mud that swamped coastal settlements.
"As we're cleaning, we don't know what we're going to find," she said.
Crews have found 466 bodies in the hard-hit town of Gonaives alone, and government workers are burying the dead immediately to avoid contamination and the spread of infectious diseases, she said.
The four tropical storms that struck in late August and early September also wiped out at least 60 percent of Haitian agriculture and destroyed roads, bridges and homes.
The government had previously said 425 people died in the storms, which left thousands homeless.
International aid and food has poured in, but the U.N. World Food Program has so far received only US$1 million of the US$54 million it requested.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The official death toll from four storms that ravaged Haiti this summer has nearly doubled to some 800 people, authorities said Friday.
Civil defense director Maria-Alta Jean Baptiste said in an interview with The Associated Press that 793 bodies have been found so far, and authorities are still looking for bodies in the mud that swamped coastal settlements.
"As we're cleaning, we don't know what we're going to find," she said.
Crews have found 466 bodies in the hard-hit town of Gonaives alone, and government workers are burying the dead immediately to avoid contamination and the spread of infectious diseases, she said.
The four tropical storms that struck in late August and early September also wiped out at least 60 percent of Haitian agriculture and destroyed roads, bridges and homes.
The government had previously said 425 people died in the storms, which left thousands homeless.
International aid and food has poured in, but the U.N. World Food Program has so far received only US$1 million of the US$54 million it requested.
10.03.2008
Jacmel
I finally made it to visit Jacmel. It was nice to go, but wasn't quite what I expected though for a tourist destination. The architecture was really interesting and it seemed like a fairly safe place. I had fun, ate great seafood and it was good to get away.
Beach at Hotel Cyvadier
Grounds and dining room at Cyvadier
Abandoned cane processing equipment. The locals who stopped to talk to us said that some Europeans had come to remove it to take to a museum, and had to leave it because it was full of "bad spirits". Makes you wonder what's still in that tank, huh?
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