Suspected Penis Snatcher Beaten to Death

OnyxCougar · 10-13-2003, 08:19 AM

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BANJUL, Gambia (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man accused of stealing a man's penis through sorcery was beaten to death in the West African country of Gambia, police said.

A police spokesman told Reuters that Baba Jallow was killed Thursday by about 10 people in the town of Serekunda, nine miles from the capital Banjul.

Reports of penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, with purported victims claiming that alleged sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear in order to extort cash in the promise of a cure.

The police spokesman said many men in Serekunda were now afraid to shake hands, and he urged people not to believe reports of "vanishing" genitals. Belief in sorcery is widespread in West Africa.

Seven alleged penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs in Ghana in 1997.

OK, so let's just accept we have a small penis and not blame the local sorcerors, please.

slang · 10-13-2003, 08:26 AM

But what if you've never been to Africa. Then who should I...er, someone blame?

OnyxCougar · 10-13-2003, 09:03 AM

Maybe limiting contact with people and/or shrinking or stealing their penis is part of the fight against HIV?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-13-2003, 09:39 AM

Maybe beating someone makes some of them grow.

OnyxCougar · 10-13-2003, 10:22 AM

OMG the pun there... bad, Bruce... so bad...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-13-2003, 10:55 AM

No, no, I just meant some people get a woody being violent to others.

darclauz · 10-13-2003, 12:34 PM

Here in America, it works differently. For instance, my sister in law just had to marry my brother to take his.

wolf · 10-13-2003, 12:39 PM

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Originally posted by slang
But what if you've never been to Africa. Then who should I...er, someone blame?

Not me.

You sure you didn't just put it in the safe again and forget?

elSicomoro · 10-13-2003, 12:45 PM

"But now and then, I go to a party, get drunk, and the next morning, I can't for the life of me remember what I did with it."--King Missile

Elspode · 10-13-2003, 03:02 PM

There's just something inherently wrong with the phrase "penis snatcher".

Funny how just the addition of two extraneous letters can put an entirely new spin on something would have seemed pleasant at first.

ThisOleMiss · 10-16-2003, 03:51 PM

What do they do with the penis once they have stolen it? I mean, it's not an item you'd take down to the local hock shop, throw on the counter, and ask "how much for a penis?" Do they have them stuffed and mounted (no pun intended) like a trophey? Use them for paperweights?

Way back when, when Witch Burning was sort of a hobby to the Inquisistion, a book called "Mallus Malficum" (yes I know it's spelled wrong) accused witches of stealing men's penis's and hiding them in bird nests. Rather comic until you realize that people actually believed this and that women could be put to death by such an absurb acusation.

Thought we knew better these days.

Wonder what the predominate religion in area is.

10-13-2003, 09:03 AM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Maybe limiting contact with people and/or shrinking or stealing their penis is part of the fight against HIV? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-13-2003, 09:39 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe beating someone makes some of them grow. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-13-2003, 10:22 AM	#5
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	OMG the pun there... bad, Bruce... so bad... __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-13-2003, 10:55 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, no, I just meant some people get a woody being violent to others. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-13-2003, 12:34 PM	#7
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	Here in America, it works differently. For instance, my sister in law just had to marry my brother to take his. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-13-2003, 08:26 AM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	But what if you've never been to Africa. Then who should I...er, someone blame?

10-13-2003, 12:45 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	"But now and then, I go to a party, get drunk, and the next morning, I can't for the life of me remember what I did with it."--King Missile

10-13-2003, 03:02 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	There's just something inherently wrong with the phrase "penis snatcher". Funny how just the addition of two extraneous letters can put an entirely new spin on something would have seemed pleasant at first. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-16-2003, 03:51 PM	#11
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	What do they do with the penis once they have stolen it? I mean, it's not an item you'd take down to the local hock shop, throw on the counter, and ask "how much for a penis?" Do they have them stuffed and mounted (no pun intended) like a trophey? Use them for paperweights? Way back when, when Witch Burning was sort of a hobby to the Inquisistion, a book called "Mallus Malficum" (yes I know it's spelled wrong) accused witches of stealing men's penis's and hiding them in bird nests. Rather comic until you realize that people actually believed this and that women could be put to death by such an absurb acusation. Thought we knew better these days. Wonder what the predominate religion in area is. __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?

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