Ivana

They had left.

Uncle John, he doesn't say anything.

It was a very silent car ride.

We eventually made it to PA, and my cousin's father, aka Uncle John's brother, got us some Wendy's.

I mean, it's not McDonald's, but it's something.

And that was probably the best Wendy's I had in my entire life.

I locked the story away in my head.

Never spoke about it with anyone until maybe a year or so ago.

I was with a friend.

And we started having a lot of conversation around spiritual things.

Haitian voodoo, black magic, hoodoo, santeria.

I told them the story and they were like, oh yeah, the burning animals thing?

Like, yeah, you never want to see that because that means somebody's trying to kill you.

And I'm like, wait, what?

He explains to me that when it comes to Haitian voodoo or black magic, many of the spirits manifest themselves through animals.

Depending on the spirit, it could be a message and it could also be a straight up attack.

It can be burning goats, burning frogs, or just random animals.

Like if you are in Times Square and you see a cow, not a good one because something more than likely is targeting you.

So my friend was like, yeah, you're not supposed to see that.

You can actually die.