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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bubbles on April 20, 2016, 10:32:09 AM

Title: Mass hysteria
Post by: Bubbles on April 20, 2016, 10:32:09 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36069636

Basically it's about a school closing in Malaysia due to the staff and children feeling and seeing " spirits"

Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: Bubbles on April 20, 2016, 10:35:40 AM
It sounds exciting

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IT IS the apparent mysterious figure in black which has reduced students and teachers to a state of mass hysteria and forced a school to suspend all its classes.
But despite the school reopening, blood-curling screams can still reportedly be heard.
In a saga which is gripping Malaysia’s media, dozens of students and teachers at the SMK Pengkalan Chepa 2 secondary school have been engulfed by a wave of mass hysteria.
The hysteria and hype surrounding the school is so strong that media have so far not been allowed to enter the school to verify their claims.
The school, which has more than 1000 students and 80 teachers, has since reopened under the observation of several religious teachers and Islamic medical practitioners, Free Malaysia today reported.
But screams were heard from inside the school, in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, as recently as Sunday.
Principal Siti Hawa Mat said 100 teachers had reported seeing a black figure, adding it was the first time an incident like this has been reported in the school since it opened in 2001.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/mass-hysteria-in-malaysian-school-screams-heard-from-the-classrooms/news-story/42f3d7d2b784a402cb6ec188aed2eb2e



 :D I want to go look......
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: Khatru on April 20, 2016, 10:41:40 AM
It sounds exciting


 :D I want to go look......

Me too!

I'd love to see a ghost.
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: L.A. on April 20, 2016, 12:11:38 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36069636

Basically it's about a school closing in Malaysia due to the staff and children feeling and seeing " spirits"

Similar to an OFSTED visit I suppose.
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: Brownie on April 20, 2016, 12:16:15 PM
Yes. Mild food poisoning can have a similar effect.
I wouldn't like to go there, thank you. 
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: SweetPea on April 20, 2016, 10:58:48 PM
Similar to an OFSTED visit I suppose.

Haha..... absolutely. Those were the days. Sleepless nights, people losing weight, tearing their hair out. Fun times. ::)

I used to think....what is the point. They should make impromptu visits to get the true picture.
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: Hope on April 21, 2016, 08:50:13 AM
I used to think....what is the point. They should make impromptu visits to get the true picture.
At last this is what they are beginning to do - giving 2 or 3 days' notice, rather than 2 or 3 months'.
Title: Re: Mass hysteria
Post by: Leonard James on April 21, 2016, 09:37:54 AM
At last this is what they are beginning to do - giving 2 or 3 days' notice, rather than 2 or 3 months'.

Why give them notice?