Posted on 10/11/2003 7:59:34 AM PDT by wildbill
Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death Fri October 10, 2003 10:53 AM ET BANJUL (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man's penis through sorcery was beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia on Thursday, police said. A police spokesman told Reuters that Baba Jallow was killed by about 10 people in the town of Serekunda, nine miles from the capital Banjul.
Reports of penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, with purported victims claiming that alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear in order to extort cash in the promise of a cure.
The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands, and he urged people not to believe reports of "vanishing" genitals. Belief in sorcery is widespread in West Africa.
Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997.
There seem to have been a rash of penis-snatchings over there recently.
Then again, that's one of the hazards of civil war, I guess.
The headline made me think this would be a story about George Clooney in San Francisco.
You laugh but this belief is not only exclusive to the indigenous tribesmen of Africa either. Don't ask how I know. I want to retain my good image ;-)
I really can't believe you just put a sentence up on FR which included the words rash, penis and snatch!
Have you been to your local VD clinic? ;-)
On the positive side, doctors who perform Addadicktomies are reported to be doing a booming business.
#65- hahahaha
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