Did my friend have a New Orleans hex placed on him?
Ok title is slightly jokey but this is such a weird occurrence and I’m just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience.
My friends and I go to New Orleans every year around the same time. Last year, my friend Hank sprained his ankle pretty bad on the trip and was hobbling around everywhere. It got worse and worse as the trip went on and he was pretty miserable.
This year, we decided to not do the trip for one reason or another, but Hank went last minute because his dad wanted to go.
Here’s the weird part— the day before he leaves for NOLA, he notices a bruise forming on the same ankle he sprained the year prior. He has no recollection of any injury, bump, etc that could have caused this. Now he’s in New Orleans and says the pain has gotten worse to the point he needs to wear a brace to get around.
What the heck?! He jokes he’s having a psychosomatic response or that some voodoo is at play. Me, I’m just wondering if anyone else has a similar story or can shed light on this phenomenon. If anything, it’s one weird coincidence.
TLDR: my friend sprained his ankle in NOLA last year and the day before he plans to a return a year later a mysterious bruise forms on that same ankle and has turned into a sprain without any event causing the injury. Has this happened to anyone else?