Diced Coon and Salem Witch Trials

There are times when I see things in news articles when I have immediate, instinct reactions.  Sometimes I bark out a laugh, voice my disgust, or in the case of seeing modern day witches on trial in Salem, Massachusettes, I shout:

 
Burn Them!!!  Burn the Witches!!!

Sorry, as I said, its instinct.  An attention-whoring 46 year old woman who foolishly believes in fairytale religions is running around with teenage boys, dismembering animals because she’s pissed off that she got fired for being a bad “psychic.”  I mean really, how bad do you have to be to suck at something that’s made up in the first place, that you get fired for it?

From the AP here:

A self-proclaimed high priestess of Salem witches and a second person were accused of tossing raccoon parts on the doorsteps of businesses, allegedly as part of a Wiccan community feud.
 
Sharon Graham, 46, and a fellow Wiccan, Frederick Purtz, 22, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of littering and malicious destruction of property. Graham also was charged with intimidating a witness.  They were accused of putting a raccoon head and entrails on the doorsteps of Angelica of the Angels and the Goddess’ Treasure Chest in May.

The historic seaport, famous for holding witch trials in the 17th century, has an active Wiccan community and thriving witch-related tourism.

A witness, Richard Watson, told police he accompanied Graham, Purtz and other people when they put the raccoon remains on the doorsteps. He said Graham hoped to frame a Wiccan businessman who had fired Graham from a psychic telephone business last spring.

Watson also said Graham had a disagreement with the owners of the two targeted businesses over proposed regulations that would limit the number of psychics who come to the city during the Halloween season. He said he was told the group had found the raccoon dead.

Uh..  What??!  They are going to limit the number of psychics?  Next thing you know there will be a limit on unicorns and elves.

Sharon Graham seems to get off on the adoration of her impressionable idiotic followers.  From SalemNews here:

Richard Watson said he went back to his Bridge Street apartment on the night of May 26 to a disturbing scene: his roommate, Sharon Graham, dressed in black, surrounded by four young men, also all in black, standing around a jar.

Inside that jar was the eye of a raccoon, police say. And in two trash bags in Watson’s refrigerator was the rest of the critter, which had been dismembered.

Watson said Graham had a following of about five young men — “young, gullible kids,” he said — all of them in their late teens and early 20s. She told Watson she was teaching them about witchcraft.

After he kicked Graham out of his apartment, he said, he found bloodstains in the bedroom and believes that’s where the raccoon was dismembered.

For those that aren’t familiar with the so-called religion of Wicca, see this entry here.  Sharon Graham’s spooky myspace page is here.