The Curious Case of the Penis Snatching Stranger
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Surprised to encounter reports of penis-snatching in an African village, an American anthropologist observed that such “crimes” are normally confined to more populated areas, reports the Daily Mail.
A woman carries water in Africa. (AP Photo/UNAMID, Albert Gonzalez Farran)
One, a tea vendor, was attacked by a stranger who only had to grab his hand. “The tea seller felt an electric tingling course through his body and immediately sensed that his penis had shrunk to a size smaller than that of a baby’s,” writes Lombard, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley.
As yells erupted from the crowd, the second victim lost his genitals “in the fray.” Rebels who govern the tiny hamlet said they later gunned down the alleged penis thief after he escaped from a holding cell.
Lombard, explains that the curious belief in “penis-snatching,” a form of witchcraft, is a manifestation of anxieties caused as villages grow into actual cities so it’s more often seen in the larger population centers such as Nigeria, Lagos, or Cameroon. “If penis stealing seems beyond-the-pale weird,” writes Lombard, “consider what people in Tiringoulou might think about hearing of Americans who starve themselves to near death because their reflection in the mirror convinces them they are fat.”
Ms Lombard said she was told the stolen organs were sold to occult healers.
Now before there is a rush to judgment, this is no worse than people who think a human can be resurrected and become a god. How about talking snakes, donkeys and burning bushes? How about an all loving god sending you to burn in eternity because you don’t believe he exists? Or, any of the other crazy religious beliefs such as magic underwear that protects you, and the universe is only 6,000 years old. The world is full of crazies.
Hat tip to RickRay.
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RickRay
March 16, 2013 at 8:49 am
Hell, no worse than people who think a human can be resurrected and become a god. How about talking snakes, donkeys and burning bushes? How about an all loving god sending you to burn in eternity because you don’t believe he exists? Or, any of the other crazy religions (magic underwear that protects you), that exist ! This world is full of crazies. Please, don’t shoot me Mr. NRA.
Michael John Scott
March 16, 2013 at 9:07 am
LOL. Good points Rick. Wish I had thought of that when I was putting this story together, so I added a paragraph. Thanks man
Jess
March 16, 2013 at 11:32 am
I lay this directly at the feet of our very own right wing tamborine bangers fer Cheeses, who have gone into these African countries and spread the crap that witchcraft is alive and well in people who are different. I have my own version of penis snatching, but it’s not because of witchey woo woo stuff. Oh, don’t act surprised that I would not have some kind of snark for this one, it was begging for it
Norman Rampart
March 16, 2013 at 4:44 pm
I think I just fainted at the very thought….You ain’t nicking MY dick you dick!!!
I once new a talking dog…it said ‘sausages’. Honest! It did! It even appeared on TV back in the early 80′s!!!
It couldn’t say anything else mind you but ‘sausages’ is pretty good going for a dog!