Hundreds of applicants lined up in Wookey Hole, England to get a chance to apply for the role of the Wookey Hole Cave Witch. The position pays £50,000 (about $82,000 in American dollars), not bad for a cackling old hag.
According to legend, in the Dark Ages the Wookey Hole Caves were home to a witch who was blamed for pestilence and disease plaguing the surrounding countryside. Finally an abbot sprayed her with holy water, causing the witch to turn to a stone pillar which, if you ask the locals, can still be seen in the caves to this day.
Today the caves have become a tourist attraction run by Wookey Hole, Ltd., the entertainment company that put out the casting call. In the end the job went to Ms. Carla Calamity, a Somerset estate agent, and a rather attractive woman for a witch I might add. Of course, she may have just put a spell on me…
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