Penis theft panic hits city-Reuters News

[Ichingcarpenter]

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur.

Rumors of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.

Purported victims, 14 of whom were also detained by police, claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear, in what some residents said was an attempt to extort cash with the promise of a cure.

"You just have to be accused of that, and people come after you. We've had a number of attempted lynchings. ... You see them covered in marks after being beaten," Kinshasa's police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko, told Reuters on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2319603620080423?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews


I really don't have a comment yet...... except......... WTF???????

[babylonsister]

1. OK...what were you googling? Hmmm?

;)

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. LOL!!!!!

I'll show you the link on how it appeared on Digg.
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Penis_theft_panic_hits_city_3

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. Current earworm......

"Detachable Penis" by King Missle.......

[emmadoggy]

18. OMG! My hubby and I used to get such a chuckle out of that song!

:rofl:

[htuttle]

3. Um, yes...that must be the ticket...some sorcerer shrank my penis!

Honest! It was fine just the other day!

[Richard Steele]

10. Who's up for a class-action lawsuit? nm

[onehandle]

4. You missed.

Here's where you meant to post that:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=105

[Solly Mack]

6. Peter Snatcher snatched a peck of puny peckers

If Peter Snatcher snatched a peck of puny peckers
how many puny peckers did Peter Snatcher snatch?

[Speck Tater]

7. Breaking: ABC wants to know how the candidates feel about penis snatching.

Film at 11:00.

[flakey_foont]

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[Warpy]

8. At least they're not blaming it on vaccinations

like they did elsewhere. Their kids are dying from that one.

It would be nice if these inadequate men would supply proof of theft or shrinkage, but that's probably asking too much.

There are only two causes of microdickele: congenital malformation or age.

[BrklynLib at work]

9. hmm .. Made me think of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

Sir Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch?
Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bedevere: A newt?
Peasant 3: (meekly after a long pause) ... I got better.
Crowd: (shouts) Burn her anyway!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes

[shain from kane]

11. "You see them covered in marks after being beaten..."

[nomorenomore08]

13. Penis theft is taken very seriously by the owners. Can't say I blame them.

:evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

[nomorenomore08]

14. This has got to be one of the most bizarre stories I've ever encountered.

Police arresting suspected sorcerers? Downright surreal...

[Indenturedebtor]

15. Bwahahaha

That's why I keep one hand on it at all times :P

[ProgressiveFool]

16. Wish those sorcerors would go to DC... there's an awful lot of pricks there that we could do without

[caseycoon]

17. Your reply is PRICELESS!

:rofl:

:toast:

[shain from kane]

19. I feel sorry about y'all and your problem, but if you're looking for a handout to assist you, forget

it.