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Collective hallucination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria#Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic_.281962.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria#Tangany

• scandox 9y ago
  Always been fascinated by these. Certainly seems like a possible explanation. It's always hardest to believe about a group of people who one views as more reliable - I mean diplomats, spies etc...one can't help thinking of them as sceptical and rational - but rationality of course is not always a defence against this kind of delusion. In addition I view Satanic Ritual Abuse as an example of a kind of massively extended verison of the same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse
• Gatsky 9y ago
  Yes this is the most likely explanation.
• jwilk 9y ago
  How does it explain mild traumatic brain injury?
• dgut 9y ago
  Odd this explanation doesn't get more attention. I suppose the media wants to milk the story for as long as they can.