UN UN pulling out of Malawi because of Vampire panic. - Someone has been reading too much Twilight

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...llout-from-southern-malawi-idUSKBN1CE25E?il=0

"The United Nations said on Monday it has pulled staff out of two districts in southern Malawi where a vampire scare has triggered mob violence in which at least five people have been killed.

The UNDSS report said at least five people had been killed in the area since mid-September by lynch mobs accusing them of vampirism. It said mobs searching for vampires have been mounting road blocks in the district, raising security concerns."

 

[Male Idiot]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popobawa

This is my favourite, the dong-bat. An evil bat spirit who wants to put his big black muhdik inside you. Africa's cryptids are a horror movie maker's unknown treasure trove.

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

My favorite African black magic panic was the time when a shitload of people there were convinced that someone was casting spells that made penises disappear, and apparently not a single fucking one of the victims were asked to drop their pants to show that their BBC was actually gone.

My sides.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Wasn't there also a case of a soccer game escalating after someone scored a really good goal or something?
If I remember correctly, one guy had a really lucky shot at the goal and scored a point, so the fans of the other team concluded that he must be a warlock, so they lynched him and part of his team?

 

[AnOminous]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popobawa

This is my favourite, the dong-bat. An evil bat spirit who wants to put his big black muhdik inside you. Africa's cryptids are a horror movie maker's unknown treasure trove.

You know when some mongoloid kids think copypasta is real and murder someone over Slenderman?

This is like a whole continent of people like that.

 

[Tennis Monkey]

This sort of thing is worth bearing in mind when your local cultural relativist rolls up for an argument -
"Well, it's part of their culture..."
"Yeah, the objectively bad part that no-one dares to challenge because being "part of the culture" is now an excuse for anything."

 

[Florence]

I liked the one where a cat allegedly turned into an old lady after being stoned.

 

[ICametoLurk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popobawa

This is my favourite, the dong-bat. An evil bat spirit who wants to put his big black muhdik inside you. Africa's cryptids are a horror movie maker's unknown treasure trove.

There's also the Tokoloshe which is a nasty looking teddy-bear that rapes and bite off sleeping people’s toes. If you tell people you were raped by a Tokoloshe then it will come back and rape you more.

 

[ICametoLurk]

The Vampires are north of them

A woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo was publicly raped, whipped and decapitated in front of a cheering crowd after serving 'forbidden fish' to a group of anti-government rebels, who later drank her blood.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4965886/Woman-executed-rebels-Democratic-Republic-Congo.html

 

[FemalePresident]

 

[MrLobe]

If you tell people you were raped by a Tokoloshe then it will come back and rape you more.

So somebody got a lot of mileage out of a teddy bear costume, I take it.