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| Suspected penis snatcher beaten to death |
| 2003-10-10 |
| Africa’s a fun place... A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man’s penis through sorcery has been beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia, police say. Well, what did he expect for Johnson theft? A police spokesman told Reuters on Thursday that Baba Jallow was lynched by about 10 people in the town of Serekunda, some nine miles from the capital Banjul. Baba Jallow... penis snatcher. His parents must be so proud. 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. Sounds like a variation of the "I got your nose" trick. I can’t wait to get the scam letters... 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. Shake? Hey! Look what I got! Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997. Doesn’t sound like a growth industry. Wait, let me rephrase that.. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 Geez, come up with a new euphemism, willya? Have you got any idea what it's like to have a surname like mine? ;-) |
| Posted by: Christopher Johnson 2003-10-10 11:41:10 PM |
| #9 Was Ilena Bobbit released on parole? Surprised she moved to Africa, though... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-10 4:47:03 PM |
| #8 Hey Tokyo - that's a low blow... but I've got to hand it to you, your |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2003-10-10 2:33:08 PM |
| #7 One of the guys at my work, Stumpy, thinks these snatchers are a criminal conspiracy set-up to supply material to those two Aussie puppeteers. Stumpy also thinks that Roy's tiger needs HIV screening. Stumpy and I were absent during sensitivity training. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-10 12:29:24 PM |
| #6 Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Penis Snatchers... |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-10-10 12:20:31 PM |
| #5 I was told I would go blind, not die, from penis beating. oh well. |
| Posted by: huck 2003-10-10 11:16:26 AM |
| #4 Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997. Were any of them hung? |
| Posted by: Tokyo Taro 2003-10-10 10:58:10 AM |
| #3 The US needs to add this offense to the laws that require neighborhood notification of an offender moving in. If there is a penis-snatcher living in my town, I want to know about it. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-10 10:39:50 AM |
| #2 There bas been mass hysteria before caused by disappearing privates in Africa. The fear of loss evidently causes a catastrophic Cassansa effect. Stress, evidently. Very similar to seeing the Monkey Man in India. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-10 10:10:06 AM |
| #1 beaten or lynched? let's get this cleared up... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-10 10:04:40 AM |