I think I may have created a cursed item. Not sure what to do with it.
As title says I may have accidentally created a cursed item. I have some issues and need advice.
Between November 2024-January 2025 I had a mice infestation. I enlisted two separate exterminator/pest control companies and neither of them could solve the problem. We usually keep a tidy home and don’t leave food out. It turns out the whole neighborhood was dealing with them.
I couldn’t leave it be; I have a daughter who was 3 at that time. Starting in December, I did research and worked hard to catch the mice. I was successful and ended up catching a few dozen over the next couple of months. It was driving me insane. This is how almost every morning went.
I would get up with the sun, kiss my wife and daughter good morning, and then have to go dispose of the caught mouse. I was using glue traps because every other type wouldn’t work. I knew these were inhumane so the first thing I did was take the mouse outside, apologize to it, and then hit it with a meat hammer from my kitchen. I always made it quick.
At one point I just had gotten all of them I think. I didn’t see anything or hear anything. I didn’t find poop or gnawed through food containers. It was peaceful.
The meat hammer was never used in the kitchen again but it hangs on the coat hook by the front door. I don’t know why I do that to myself. Lately there has been a lot of noise and rustling in the house. Exactly as the mice used to do. There have been no other signs though. I’ve attempted to catch one. I’m good at catching them. I haven’t been able to.
I’ve started thinking the hammer might be possessed by the ghosts of the mice. It’s fucking crazy but I can’t think of anything else.
Anyway what should I do with the hammer. Easy answer is chuck it I guess.