AGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
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Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.

"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.

"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.

Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.

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Boy marries dog to ward off tiger attacks

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - An infant boy was married off to his neighbors' dog in eastern India by villagers, who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.

Around 150 tribespeople performed the ritual recently in a hamlet in the state of Orissa's Jajpur district after the boy, who is under two years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum.

The Munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals. The tribal god will bless the child and ward off evil spirits after the marriage.

"We performed the marriage because it will overcome any curse that might fall on the child as well on us," the boy's father, Sanarumala Munda, was quoted as saying by a local newspaper.

The groom, Sagula, was carried by his family in a procession to the village temple, where a priest solemnized the marriage between Sagula and his bride, Jyoti, by chanting Sanskrit hymns, a witness said.

The dog belongs to the groom's neighbors and was set free to roam around the area after the ceremony. No dowry was exchanged, the witness said, and the boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce.

Indian law does not recognize weddings between people and animals, but the ritual survives in rural and tribal areas of the country.

MrFrag ha scritto:ma dai, come cacchio fai a spararti nel mento e mancare un organo vitale

Hednaorden ha scritto:

MrFrag ha scritto:ma dai, come cacchio fai a spararti nel mento e mancare un organo vitale

appunto...il cervello è fatto di aria? non mi risulta

Iset ha scritto:

Hednaorden ha scritto:

MrFrag ha scritto:ma dai, come cacchio fai a spararti nel mento e mancare un organo vitale

appunto...il cervello è fatto di aria? non mi risulta

Quello di alcune persone, sì.

Iset ha scritto:

Hednaorden ha scritto:

MrFrag ha scritto:ma dai, come cacchio fai a spararti nel mento e mancare un organo vitale

appunto...il cervello è fatto di aria? non mi risulta

Quello di alcune persone, sì.