[Nate]

I once helped exhume a grave.

No, really. Okay, so it was 2000 years old but I still feel guilty about it.

I was working in an archeological dig/tourist site teaching tourists how to dig sand and go "ooh 2000 year old pottery, amazing!". It was pretty boring so when the boss offered me a chance to do some real archeology I jumped at it.

Judiasm holds dead bodies sacred - they should be buried asap and never exhumed, so I felt a little guilty at what I was doing but I reassured myself that the grave wasn't a Jewish one.

The first point at which I felt creepy was when the boss pointed out buckets full of human bones. I brushed away at the soil for about 20 minutes feeling kinda crappy until we found a ring made out of copper. Finding jewellery made it hit home that this was actually a person I was digging up and I almost puked on the spot. I climbed out of the cave and told the boss straight away to get someone else to do his dirty work.

I know it's a silly thing to get upset about but I still feel that there's a black mark on my soul to this day.