Eight dead over missing penis

Lagos - Eight members of a religious group accused of using black magic to make a man's penis disappear were lynched by a mob in southwest Nigeria at the weekend, a press report said on Tuesday.

The victims, all members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star were killed on Saturday in Ilesa, Osun State, the Comet newspaper reported.

The sect was holding a conference in the city when a resident, Kunle Eniola, suddenly claimed members of the brotherhood had caused his penis to disappear, the paper said.

Angry residents quickly pounced on the meeting and beat eight members to death and then burnt their bodies.

Belief in magic is widespread in Nigeria, as are instances of people being killed for allegedly using their power to cause misfortune. - Sapa-AFP

Stay Out of Africa

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When I read the header, I thought this post was going to be a joke, wrong!

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

No picture? is there any proof that he is dickless?

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

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I don't think it's true. I haven't read it in the National Enquirer yet.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

Nigerian Genitalia Vanishing Epidemic of 1990

During 1990, an episode of "vanishing" genitalia caused widespread fear across Nigeria. Native psychiatrist Sunny Ilechukwu (1992) said that most reports of attacks involved male victims. Accusations were usually triggered by incidental body contact with a stranger in a public place, after which the "victim" would feel strange scrotum sensations and grab their genitals to confirm that they were still there. Then they would confront the person as a crowd would gather, accusing them of being a genital thief, before stripping naked to convince bystanders that their penis was really missing.

Many "victims" claimed that the penis had been returned once the alarm had been raised or that, although the penis was now back, "it was shrunken and so probably a 'wrong' one or just the ghost of a penis" (95). The accused was often threatened or beaten until the penis had been "fully restored," and in some instances, the accused was beaten to death. Ilechukwu (1992, 96) described the scene in one city:

Men could be seen in the streets of Lagos holding on to their genitalia either openly or discreetly with their hands in their pockets. Women were also seen holding on to their breasts directly or discreetly by crossing the hands across the chest. It was thought that inattention and a weak will facilitated the "taking" of the penis or breasts. Vigilance and anticipatory aggression were thought to be good prophylaxis.

Social and cultural traditions contributed to the outbreak as many Nigerian ethnic groups "ascribe high potency to the external genitalia as ritual and magical objects to promote fecundity or material prosperity to the unscrupulous" (Ilechukwu 1988, 313). The belief in vanishing genitalia was not only plausible but institutionalized; many influential Nigerians expressed outrage when police released suspected genital thieves. A Christian priest even claimed that a Bible passage where Jesus asked "Who touched me?" because the "power had gone out of him," referred to genital stealing (101-102).

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

A Christian priest even claimed that a Bible passage where Jesus asked "Who touched me?" because the "power had gone out of him," referred to genital stealing (101-102).

I know of a certain forum where they would really get a rise out of that line. LOLOLOLOLOL

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

Bad Winkie! Bad! Bad! Go to work, now. No fudge for you.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

LOL BFM... that would be fun to hear the bible scholars playing with that one wouldn't it?

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I think I'm going to pretend I haven't read any of this thread.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

I remember reading (way back during those wonderful 60's) about Indian guru's that could pull their privates back up into the abdomenal cavity. I remember wondering why they would want to do that.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

Not a word.

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

Beckie... I believe that was the origin of the term "go f*** yourself"... although obviously it was meant in a more spiritual context back then...

Of course, I could be wrong....

-- Anonymous, April 18, 2001

They may have done it as a cheap way to have a sex change operation. You know, before insurance made things so expensive.

or maybe it was to keep themselves from playing with it? Then they could show boys that playing with it really made it fall off.

Hmmm, would they be considered flashers if they didn't have anything to flash?

-- Anonymous, April 19, 2001

...gives a whole new meaning to the term c0@k-su@ker, don't it?

*rimshot*

-- Anonymous, April 19, 2001

missing? link

-- Anonymous, April 23, 2001