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Cases of Mass Hysteria in India
Adondai:
India has a history of mass hysteria, with a number of cases leading to the assault upon, and the lynching of innocent people.
== Notable Cases ==
[[File:Monkey Man.jpg|thumb|Police artist's impression of the Monkey Man of New Delhi]]
=== 2001 Monkey Man 'attacks' ===
Wild rumours about attacks by a half-monkey, half-man creature spread through Delhi led to one death when a sleeping woman awoke to the sounds of her neighbours screaming, and fell off her stairs in panic.
=== 2002 'Muhnochwa' Scare ===
Residents of Mirzapur became terrified of an object they called 'Muhnochwa' ('face-ripper'). It was described as a flying object that emitted red and green light and left victims with injuries that resembled claw marks.
=== 2006 Mumbai sweet seawater incident ===
This case of mass hysteria occured in August, 2006 when residents of [[Mumbai]] claimed that the water at [[Mahim Creek]] had suddenly turned [[Freshwater|sweet]]. Within hours, residents of [[Gujarat]] claimed that seawater at Teethal beach had turned sweet as well and thousands of people travelled to the location to taste the waters.
=== 2017 North Indian braid cutting hysteria ===
Many women in North Indian states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi reported a mysterious attacker cutting off their braids whilst they where asleep. Some said that they did not see the attacker, others claimed it was a phantom, others a cat-like creature, and still others as men in brightly coloured clothes.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Mass hysteria led to several attacks on women due to the belief that they were involved. At least one 60-year old women was lynched over the same suspicions.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
=== 2017/18 Indian WhatsApp Lynchings ===
The Indian Whatsapp lynchings were a spate of mob-related violence and killings following the spread of fake news, primarily relating to child-abduction and organ harvesting, via the [[WhatsApp|Whatsapp]] message service. The spate of lynchings commenced in May 2017 with the killing of seven men in [[Jharkhand]], but did not become a national trend until the beginning of the following year. Fake messages customised with locally specific details are circulated along with real videos attached to fake messages or claims. The lynchings have claimed the lives of more than 35 people, and critically injured a similar number.
== References ==
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== Notable Cases ==
[[File:Monkey Man.jpg|thumb|Police artist's impression of the Monkey Man of New Delhi]]
=== 2001 Monkey Man 'attacks' ===
Wild rumours about attacks by a half-monkey, half-man creature spread through Delhi led to one death when a sleeping woman awoke to the sounds of her neighbours screaming, and fell off her stairs in panic.
=== 2002 'Muhnochwa' Scare ===
Residents of Mirzapur became terrified of an object they called 'Muhnochwa' ('face-ripper'). It was described as a flying object that emitted red and green light and left victims with injuries that resembled claw marks.
=== 2006 Mumbai sweet seawater incident ===
This case of mass hysteria occured in August, 2006 when residents of [[Mumbai]] claimed that the water at [[Mahim Creek]] had suddenly turned [[Freshwater|sweet]]. Within hours, residents of [[Gujarat]] claimed that seawater at Teethal beach had turned sweet as well and thousands of people travelled to the location to taste the waters.
=== 2017 North Indian braid cutting hysteria ===
Many women in North Indian states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi reported a mysterious attacker cutting off their braids whilst they where asleep. Some said that they did not see the attacker, others claimed it was a phantom, others a cat-like creature, and still others as men in brightly coloured clothes.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Mass hysteria led to several attacks on women due to the belief that they were involved. At least one 60-year old women was lynched over the same suspicions.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
=== 2017/18 Indian WhatsApp Lynchings ===
The Indian Whatsapp lynchings were a spate of mob-related violence and killings following the spread of fake news, primarily relating to child-abduction and organ harvesting, via the [[WhatsApp|Whatsapp]] message service. The spate of lynchings commenced in May 2017 with the killing of seven men in [[Jharkhand]], but did not become a national trend until the beginning of the following year. Fake messages customised with locally specific details are circulated along with real videos attached to fake messages or claims. The lynchings have claimed the lives of more than 35 people, and critically injured a similar number.
== References ==
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July 31, 2018 at 06:28PM
