Reuters is reporting a very strange story about an Indian girl who married a dog apparently to ward off spirits or something. Here is what Reuters has to say about it:
Jan 26 – In India’s eastern Jharkhand, villagers ‘married’ off a young girl to a stray dog to ward off an evil spirit.
The locals at Munda Dhanda village performed the ceremony as they believe it will overcome any curse that might fall on the family.
Interestingly, the girl is free to get married later in life to a man without even seeking a divorce.
Superstitions are widespread in India, especially in rural areas where literacy is scarce.
Reuters is reporting that Nigerian police have arrested a coat on suspicion of armed robbery. They claim that a man who tried to steal a Mazada 323 ran from the police and turned himself into a goat using black magic. They think this goat is him. I’m speechless.
Bahhh
LAGOS (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.
“The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat,” Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.
“We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat,” he said.
Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.
We all know that gas prices are getting out of hand with the cost per barrel for oil setting new records almost daily. Everyone is looking for ways to go about cutting fuel costs, but I think this man has the best solution.
He has decided to start riding his horse instead of driving everywhere just like most people did a century ago. I think that is a wise idea and if I had a horse, I would probably do the same.
Alex is a developer, a drummer and an amateur historian. He enjoys being on the stage in front of a large crowd, but also sitting in a room alone, programming something or reading a scary story.
