Yet another story from the Sub Continent. This is sourced from The Sydney Morning Herald, who got it from Reuters, so I don't want to hear any more claims I dig down deep for this stuff. Can't swing a virtual cat without hitting a weird story from India.
Today we have a boy who was chained to a tree for nine years. This was because he liked to bite things like cats and dogs and other people. If he couldn't get hold of a cat he'd nibble on his own fingers and toes. Unfortunately the people responsible for the clearly deranged young lad mistakenly diagnosed another case of demon possession instead of a neurological disorder, which is an easy mistake. Not knowing what else to do, the locals chained the boy to said tree and tried to keep out of biting range. Eventually, after nine years, somebody came along and said "Hey lets maybe take him to a hospital" where they claim he'll be right as rhubarb after after a few months of meds. Well, right as rhubarb which has been chained to a tree most of its life. Might be a little lacking in social skills and have a tendency to walk in circles.
*How does word not get out, after nine years, about the chained up biting boy? He's right there, by the tree...surely...never mind.
*What sort of demon possesses someone for nine years, even though they are chained up and completely ineffectual. Did the demon lose a bet? Why didn't it pretend to go away so they'd un-chain him? Stupid demon.
*What were they planning to do when he was grown up? Get a bigger chain? I mean it's a work-around solution at best.
You'd think a society so lousy with demons would have procedures in place.
4 comments:
Those of us who live in the industrialized world forget that some people don't have the magic of Hollywood to show them how to handle demon possession.
And, clearly, chaining the possessed to the tree IS the procedure.
Chaining him to a tree doesn't explain how they kept him from continuing to nibble his fingers and toes.
the article didn't say whether they kept him from biting himself or not.
I'd have been nibbling the tree.
man you people are insensitive
don't you realize that that boy was the town's saving grace? if it weren't for "Jo-Jo the demon boy" the town would have gone bankrupt.
i mean let's face it, who wouldn't mind dropping a buck or two just to see a demon boy.
remember, people who chain children to trees for 9 years are people too.
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