Serious issue in Africa

[JCMElway]

And here we are concerned with the draft. They're stealing men's ...... thingys!

Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

By Joe Bavier Tue Apr 22, 1:24 PM ET

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.

Rumours 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.

Police arrested the accused sorcerers and their victims in an effort to avoid the sort of bloodshed seen in Ghana a decade ago, when 12 suspected penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs. The 27 men have since been released.

"I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke," Oleko said.

"But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said.

Some Kinshasa residents accuse a separatist sect from nearby Bas-Congo province of being behind the witchcraft in revenge for a recent government crackdown on its members.

"It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny," said 29-year-old Alain Kalala, who sells phone credits near a Kinshasa police station.

[Punisher]

Damn theres some real **** going down in Africa

[Beantown Bronco]

Bob is now checking with his parents to see if they ever visited the Congo when he was a baby.

[Kaylore]

Originally Posted by Beantown Bronco

Bob is now checking with his parents to see if they ever visited the Congo to see if the witches are selling them on Ebay

Fixed your post.

[Crushaholic]

Hey, that's a good one. I need to try that.

"Honey, I'm a victim of witchcraft. Really. At one time, my "friend" was compared to King Kong's".

[400HZ]

I had to read this crappy book in school about how many central Africans believe that policemen and fireman are actually vampires. Sort of reminds me of this.

[loborugger]

If they really need a dude's schlong for their ritual, why cant they alleviate a corpse of its member? Why must they remove it from a living person?

There is a great ex-wife joke in this story, BTW.

Lorena Bobbit, anyone?

[Bronx33]

Man that place sucks genocide, dick stealing, ethnic cleansing rape, murder kill every last elephant ect ect ect.

[Kaylore]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

Man that place sucks genocide, dick stealing, ethnic cleansing rape, murder kill every last elephant ect ect ect.

...soccer...

[broncosteven]

Is it cheaper to have a Vascetomy or book a trip to Africa?

The Vascetomy seems like it would be easier to book, but hey if I get a trip to Africa out of the deal it might be worth it.

[Jason in LA]

Oh wait... wrong thread.

[Spider]

Lynchings genocide , pecker stealing ......... Bout time someone reported about the going on in the black hole at Raider games .........

[TheDave]

What a **** hole... I say we nuke the place and start over.

[Atlas]

Originally Posted by JCMElway

And here we are concerned with the draft. They're stealing men's ...... thingys!

Lynchings in Congo as penis theft panic hits capital

By Joe Bavier Tue Apr 22, 1:24 PM ET

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.

Rumours 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.

Police arrested the accused sorcerers and their victims in an effort to avoid the sort of bloodshed seen in Ghana a decade ago, when 12 suspected penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs. The 27 men have since been released.

"I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke," Oleko said.

"But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said.

Some Kinshasa residents accuse a separatist sect from nearby Bas-Congo province of being behind the witchcraft in revenge for a recent government crackdown on its members.

"It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny," said 29-year-old Alain Kalala, who sells phone credits near a Kinshasa police station.

It's all because they don't play football.

[epicSocialism4tw]

Originally Posted by loborugger

If they really need a dude's schlong for their ritual, why cant they alleviate a corpse of its member? Why must they remove it from a living person?

Dude. Soft tissue decomposes.

[epicSocialism4tw]

This sounds like a really elaborate ruse for guys who were not so well equipped.

[elsid13]

Originally Posted by angryllama

This sounds like a really elaborate ruse for guys who were not so well equipped.

Yeah I also understand they are calling themselves white guys now.

[loborugger]

Originally Posted by angryllama

Dude. Soft tissue decomposes.

I didnt mean hit the graveyard for a wang 20 years dead... but I am sure everyday there is a freshly dead sausage hanging out at the morgue.

[missingnumber7]

Originally Posted by JCMElway

And here we are concerned with the draft. They're stealing men's ...... thingys!

I told you not to hang out with Hotrod during Survivor, but did you listen NOOOOOO.

[kmonty]

Imagine being the journalist who has to sit down and write this... I couldn't keep a straight face the entire time.

[missingnumber7]

Originally Posted by kmonty

Imagine being the journalist who has to sit down and write this... I couldn't keep a straight face the entire time.

So its really just an article about penis envy.

[Rohirrim]

It's shocking to contemplate the education level of much of the world. A couple of years ago, a couple went to some village in Mexico to adopt a child. Rumors spread that they were satanists who wanted a baby to sacrifice in their rituals, so a mob dragged them into the street, hacked them to pieces with machetes, and burned what was left.

[JCMElway]

Bump.

It seems lots of folks are concerned with penis theft.....

[missingnumber7]

Originally Posted by JCMElway

Bump.

It seems lots of folks are concerned with penis theft.....

Nope, just you.