"Hawaii is one of the top vacation spots in the world, but tourists need to be careful with the souvenirs they want to bring home.
According to superstition, those who take lava rocks home with them meet with bad luck and horrible misfortune. There have been a large number of reports
over the years of tourists picking up rocks near the Hawaiian volcanoes and taking them home, only to be "cursed" by Pele afterwards."
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Any ideas as to why there are so many encounters and stories connected with these rocks
