This is crazy. In september some "jokers" created an anime character called Ebola-Chan on the 4chan community:
Ebola-chan quickly spread through forums as a joke and some thought its funny to create a death cult around it. They went on the nigerian community "Nairaland" and posted there that there is a new racist cult in europe and USA. We whites pray to a demon, called Ebola-Chan and make her blood sacrifice to help her in her mission to kill blacks...they also posted pics of "shrines".
What started as a questionable "joke" creates panic in africa now. Myths and conspiracy theories run high in western africa and this one creates panic in the population now. Various new stations report about this now
20 Minuten - Eine Manga-Figur versetzt Nigeria in Angst - News
4Chan’s latest, terrible ‘prank’: Convincing West Africans that Ebola doctors actually worship the disease - The Washington Post
"Below the post, someone wrote: "A disease can easily gain powers if these white people in Europe are actually doing blood sacrifice. May God help us fight this CIA created demon.""
What sounds unbeliveable from outside is normal in africa, where education runs low and rumors spread like a wildfire.
Ebola-chan quickly spread through forums as a joke and some thought its funny to create a death cult around it. They went on the nigerian community "Nairaland" and posted there that there is a new racist cult in europe and USA. We whites pray to a demon, called Ebola-Chan and make her blood sacrifice to help her in her mission to kill blacks...they also posted pics of "shrines".
What started as a questionable "joke" creates panic in africa now. Myths and conspiracy theories run high in western africa and this one creates panic in the population now. Various new stations report about this now
20 Minuten - Eine Manga-Figur versetzt Nigeria in Angst - News
4Chan’s latest, terrible ‘prank’: Convincing West Africans that Ebola doctors actually worship the disease - The Washington Post
"Below the post, someone wrote: "A disease can easily gain powers if these white people in Europe are actually doing blood sacrifice. May God help us fight this CIA created demon.""
What sounds unbeliveable from outside is normal in africa, where education runs low and rumors spread like a wildfire.