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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
This is just a few miles down the road from me, and the poor boy is the same age as my daughter. It really is horrifying. It's also prompted a nice surge of local racism and xenophobia (as they are apparently not British natives), which is always fun  . "Those sorts" have "all sorts of beliefs and rituals", apparently, and she "probably did it to stop herself getting the flu or ebola".
Well... "quiet" yes, but a bit... littered with junkies... But that's true of most smaller towns these days, sadly. |
There are hundreds of very deep rooted superstitions in Botswana so it could be linked but as Josy has said it looks like some sort of mental issue.