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Originally Posted by AADAD
It's in the water. I have no other explanation for this madness.
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Unfortunately, mass delusions and hysteria seem to be embedded in the human psyche. Listed below is just the tip of the iceberg. I've no doubt today's delusions will eventually join this list.
French convent nuns' meowing epidemic (Middle Ages)
European witch trials (1450 - 1630)
Strasbourg, Alsace dancing plague (1518)
England and Wales "Irish Fright" (1688)
Salem, Massachusetts witch trials (1692 - 1693)
French "Great Fear" (1789)
Hammersmith, London ghost hysteria (1803)
Basel, Switzerland students' writing tremor epidemic (1892, 1904)
Meissen, Germany children's trembling disease (1905 - 1906)
Fatima, Portugal "Miracle of the Sun" (1917)
U.S. "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast (1938)
Scandinavian "Ghost Rockets" mass hysteria (1947)
Seattle, Washington windshield pitting epidemic (1954)
Kanshasha, Tanzania laughter epidemic (1962)
U.S. June bug epidemic (1962)
Blackburn, England student faintings (1965)
India/worldwide Ganesha drinking milk miracle (1995)
Japanese children's Pokemon seizure epidemic (1997)
Portuguese students' "Strawberries with Sugar" virus (2006)
Brunei students' "jinn" possession (2010 and 2014)
Le Roy, New York students' (plus one adult's) Tourette-like conversion disorder (2011 - 2012)
Nepalese students' recurring epidemics of mass crying and shouting hysteria (2016 -2018)