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Does dowsing for graves and water work?

May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017

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A few years ago, an elderly lady and dear friend showed Marilyn and me how to find graves by dowsing. She convinced us there is “something to it,” for we were able to detect burial sites and usually the deceased person’s gender before we discovered confirmatory evidence from decaying round-topped limestone markers or wooden crosses near the grave sites.

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