Yes, the title is okay, and it didn't seem to you. Numerous media sites in Ghana have reported strange incidents recently in which not one, but two women believed to be witches fell from the sky. What is it? Some new anomalous phenomenon? Remake of The Wizard of Oz?
The first witch fell in the area of Ashanti (Ghana). Bricklayers working in a block (probably concrete block) factory claim they heard a crash at 3:30 in the morning. (During the night shift, something interesting always happens.) When they ran to the scene, they found a woman in a bright dress on the floor. Her face was stained with blood. (How did they know she was a witch?
Not a single mention of a hole in the ceiling, plaster on the floor, or a broken broomstick. Sorry to get out of the main storyline.) Before she could be interrogated, the woman who had just fallen from the sky suddenly got to her feet and ran away. The workers began to chase her (no pitchfork or burning torches are mentioned) to the nearest house, where they - along with a crowd of onlookers who heard about the witch and rushed to join the hunt - found her.
Now stripped to the waist, the woman gave herself two names - Gifty and Afiya - and said that she flew to Kuanuoma (how and why - the sources do not say) when she was suddenly electrocuted, which caused the accident. (Electric wires? Tall policeman with stun gun? Flying electric eels?)
In fact, one of the reasons that the person was "pierced like a shock" was the prayers of people who called the local radio station, because they heard about the upcoming flight. People from the crowd said they had never seen this woman before and had no idea how she could fly. Perhaps they had not heard of another witch who fell to the ground.
On the same morning it became known that a woman from the neighboring Tema community had suffered an accident. And just imagine: I run out and see an elderly lady lying in front of my door without clothes. She sees me and immediately runs away and closes herself in the bathroom. The landlord has prepared for situations like this.
She grabs the oil, knocks down the door and pours the church oil on the woman, who immediately admits that she flew past like a bird, but in an accident turned back into a human. (And not a single clue about what caused the accident. Electric shock? Prayers? A large window that turned out to be painted?)
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Before the mistress of the house can fetch out any more details (for the claim of the insurance company), the naked lady flees to the nearest cemetery, and the crowd follows, threatening to beat her. (How quickly will rumors spread and gather everyone for a witch-hunt flash mob?)
It’s sad to hear reports like this about women who are unlike others - misunderstood and perhaps in need of medical attention, rather than determining whether they are witches and justifying bullying. How can people persecute imaginary witches live in a country that sends athletes for gold medals to the Olympic Games, and these people are approved by the local media? Before you laugh, think about what's going on in your country. What are YOUR "witches"?
Afterword from the translator: The article was written by journalist Paul Seaburn of the Mysterious Universe website. All the notes in brackets are his thoughts aloud. Of course, most of our readers will find his subtle foreign humor unfunny, but I chose this article for translation with a different purpose. Everyone should understand that the problem raised by the author is relevant at all times and among all peoples.
A witch hunt is more than just the pursuit of women suspected of witchcraft and unlike others. This is a massive reprisal against dissidents that never stops. Ostrakism (contempt, rejection, humiliation by others, by the crowd), which annually ruins tens and hundreds of human lives.
It would be a mistake to think that the borders of this problem lie somewhere out there, in the turbulent Third World. There is no "third" or "first" world. There is one planet. And one trouble for all. Priest and writer John Donne once said very wise words: “There is no person who would be like an Island, in itself, each person is a part of the Mainland, a part of Land; and if a wave blows the coastal Cliff into the sea, Europe will become smaller, and so will it if it washes away the edge of the cape or destroys your Castle or your friend; the death of each person belittles me too, for I am one with all Humanity, and therefore do not ask for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for You. " Our site wishes you to remain human - always, under any circumstances. Have a nice day.
Translation by Elena Muravyova for neveroyatno.info