Today in most parts of Nigeria, people bury their loved ones in a grave that's six feet deep. It's so common that you may think it's our tradition here in Nigeria but that's not how it started. In case you're curious and you're wondering how the six feet deep grave of a thing started, sit tight, grab your popcorn and take a brief look with me into history.

Just like the COVID-19 Pandemic that's currently claiming lives across the world and causing mayhem in different parts of the world, there was once a plague that was thrice as deadly as the coronavirus.

When this plague ravaged the earth, it reportedly claimed over 200 million lives. Compared to the 1million+ lives claimed by COVID-19, you'd understand the coronavirus is more like a boy compared to this plague.

They call it The Black Death and it ravaged the earth multiple times. 

The black death or bubonic plague spread from both flee and black rats. The plague inflicts its victims with ugly-looking buboes and that's why they call it the bubonic plague.

Back then, there was hardly an available treatment for the plague or vaccine so it kills a huge percentage of its victims and it can be easily transmitted just like the coronavirus.

At a point in time when the plague struck London, it was reported that the plague is being transmitted from the bodies of those who died from the virus to the living. To prevent this, the mayor declared that victims of the plague should be buried six feet below the Earth's surface. 

That's how people started burying their loved ones six feet below the Earth's surface. You may be wondering how it came to Nigeria. Well, the British colonized Nigeria so its no doubt that they're responsible for it.

The Bubonic plague is the culprit responsible for the six feet deep grave. Which is deadlier, the black death or COVID-19, do you think the modern world can take on the black death if it returns?