The Dink Network

Alright, let's see. I don't know if I've told this here before or not, but there's somewhat of an urban legend going on in my family. Only few people who've lived here their entire life know about it. It's called "" (). There once lived an old woman called () near the sea (I know this place). I've forgotten most of the story, but apparently she was somewhat of a shady character, or this is what she sounds like. Well, some person from my grandfather's mother's family, got tired of for some reason and banished her (apparently from their land). Well, living next to the sea, she took a ferry and left, and as she was paddling away she placed a curse to follow the family forever. This is pretty much proven to be true, so it isn't an "urban legend" exactly, but of course you can debate the whole curse thing, and whether it effected the family or not.

In an additional story, there was a baby in the family carried in a wagon, when it fell and got its head crushed under one of the wheels, leaving a hole in the baby's head. There's a story that goes with the curse, that in every second generation of our family there is a person with a hole in their head. Well, my uncle does have some kinda small dent in his head, so my generation shouldn't have it.

There's also a story about some (common name here) being spotted flying on a broom around the same area as lived. Me and my father suspected that this might be the same person, seeing as was kind of a witch type. But this is more speculation than anything else.

So there you go. There's a lot more urban legends going on around here, most of them just a few kilometers and sometimes even meters from where my grandmom lives. There's also a lot of mythological stuff from around here (never discussed in Finland that much). But this one I remember the best cause it has so much to do with my family.