Mysteries and Missed Stories

             Mysteries and Missed Stories The Dancing Plague The dancing plague was a dance epidemic that erupted in July of 1518, in the city of Strasbourg (then in the Roman Empire, now in France), when a lady walked into the streets and started dancing uncontrollably. Her name was Mrs. Frau Trauffea. She started dancing alone without music and danced till she fainted. After some rest, she began again. She continued to dance alone for a few days, but within a week, she was joined by 30 other people. This sudden uncontrollable urge to dance increased significantly among the people and grabbed the attention of the local bishop and authorities knew how it all began or why it began; people speculate from demonic possessions to mass hysteria, psychogenic disorders to overheated blood, but the true cause was never known. Authorities tried to mend it in different ways, like arranging for musicians to accompany the dancers, so that when the music stops, peop...

  Mysteries and Missed Stories द लाफिंग प्लेग क्या हंसी एक संक्रामक रोग बन सकती है? आप सोच रहे होंगे कैसे? तो ये कहानी सुनिए जो आपकी जिज्ञासा शांत कर देगी। ३० जनवरी १९६२, कशाशा गांव, तंजानिया,जहां की ये घटना है।ये घटना हुई एक गर्ल्स स्कूल में,दो लड़कियां आपस में बात कर रही थी फिर अचानक हंसने लगीं, फिर दो और लड़कियां हंसने लगीं कुछ ही समय में १०० से अधिक लड़कियां पूरे स्कूल में  बेकाबू हो कर हंसने लगीं। ये बीमारी लड़कियों के साथ गांव भी पहुंच गई,और कई लोग इससे ग्रसित हो गए। ये बीमारी एक दिन या एक महीने नहीं,बल्कि डेढ़ साल तक रही।जाहिर है कि कोई इतने लंबे समय तक लगातार हंस नहीं सकता,लोगों को दौरे पड़ने लगे, और जब भी दौरे पड़ते तो लोग बेतहाशा हंसने लगते अनियंत्रित हो जाते, दौरों का असर इतना बुरा था कि लोग खुद को नोचने लगते और सांस तक नहीं के पाते, और इस तरह शुरू हुआ द लाफिंग प्लेग। इस संक्रमण   के   डेढ़ साल तक चलने के कारण स्कूलों को कई बार खोला और बंद किया गया,शिक्षकों को पढ़ाने में काफी मुश्किलें हो रही थीं,एकाएक कोई भी बच्चा हंसने लग जाता था। ऐसी ही एक घटना सन् १९६२...

    Mysteries and Missed Stories The North Sentinel Island  Untouched by the modern hocus pocus an island in the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar. This part of the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago is inhabited by the Native tribe of Sentinels. People of this tribe still live in their ancient ways of hunting and gathering and are warded off against any kind of modernization and external contact under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Act of 1956. This act prohibits any travel within five nautical miles (9.26km), of the island and the area is patrolled by the Indian Navy. This island has been banned from traveling since the 1990s, for the protection of the Sentinelese people   as they might not have immunity against various diseases of the modern world. Although the exact number of Sentinelese people is unknown it is estimated to be around 400. These people react with hostility towards any kind of expediti...