AFP
Teachers of 10 teenage girls who collapsed one after another at their rural Cambodian school blamed the mysterious ailment on angry spirits on Saturday.
The girls, aged between 14 and 18, were treated in hospital after fainting but doctors could not ascertain why the youngsters were struck down, said Ruos Lim Chhee, head of the high school in Pnov, northern Cambodia.
He said that all of the girls were found to be healthy, with no signs of food poisoning, although two were a little low on glucose.
"We are afraid we are under a spell because we didn't offer any traditional dancing and music to the spirits on the opening day this year," he said.
"But we have just offered fruits, boiled chickens and wine to the spirits today, and we hope the students will get better and the spirits will take care of us."
Mil Khim, a teacher who witnessed the string of incidents on Thursday, said one of his students started to complain of chest pains early in the morning and then suffered convulsions before falling unconscious.
"The strange phenomenon lasted only a few hours, as eight seventh graders and two from eighth and ninth grade fainted subsequently," he said.
Cambodians in rural areas often believe supernatural forces are behind unexplained events.
"We think that perhaps the spirits are angry because the doctors, teachers and even police found no trace of poison or physical weakness," said district governor, Pech Sophea.
4 comments:
If the spirit so effective why not do something to those who betraying the country, cheating their own people? Why harm those innocent girls only?
i'm not that superstitious!
OMG! sounds so freaky! Cut the crap, people! There is no such thing. If this caused by the spirit, why didn't those freakin spirit help its people to have a better life. WTF, go to hell! no more excuses!
medically speaking, people get fainted due to low blood sugar or low insulin or due to chemical fume, etc, etc. forget personal beliefs like spirit, ghost, etc... yes, if spirit do exist, why they only harm good people? why not go harm bad people like dictators, tyrants, greedy people, mean, nasty, evil people, killers, criminals, etc, etc? why only harm good people! i just don't believe in supernatural forces anymore! so unscientific, etc. imagine if the entire world believe like this stone age people, we nobody would've invented airplanes, cars or any other machinery, etc, etc... it is so backward in their thinking if you ask me, really! i mean if people believe and kept to themselves, that's their rights, however, they shouldn't make it a national thing! belief is very personal, not the national norm, i would say! please get with the program of the world, not the bygone era!
i think any personal belief like superstition is only for soothing the mind, not considered important, especially in world affairs, development, and the like. that's all!
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