very true NEVER NEVER burn a board. don't give it away as it has a connection with you as the owner, don't break it in half. I tried three times to throw one a way ( the stories are true, it kept showing back up in my house and i only had two young children so i know they didn't put it in the house), they will come back. I did a lot of research on this because of something that happened to me years ago and read books that are now out of print dang it. What you should do is bury the board a foot and a half face down far from your property.