If you ever meet people who think ghost hunting is a “weird” hobby, this photo of a gravedigger may change their perspective.
It’s a 1944 photo from the (U.S.) Library of Congress.
Yes, it’s a little old woman, wearing a dress, a hat, and an apron.
And she’s a gravedigger.
The notes with this photo say, “Meet Mrs. Josephine Smith, aged 84, whose hobby is digging graves. She lives in Drouin, a typical little farming town (1100 people), in southern Australia, 60 miles out of the Victorian capital, Melbourne. …”
Maybe I’ve lived an insulated life, but in all my decades of trekking around haunted cemeteries, I’ve never met anyone digging a grave “for fun.”