For those of you who haven't read this, I found it on a sports website which will remain nameless. I'm going to quote parts of it. The headline is "Witchdoctor hexes spell over payment." Enjoy.
"A prize winning track athlete who competed in women's events was actually a man, a court in Zimbabwe has been told. Samukaliso Sithole, who competed in domestic and regional competitions, faced charges of crimen injuria, or psychological offense, in the Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo, the state-run Herald newspaper reported Wednesday. Prosecutors alleged Sithole offended the dignity and sexuality of a woman who befriended him, confided in him and felt comfortable being naked around him, all the while believing him to be a woman, the newspaper said.
Sithole was identified as a man to the complainant by an acquaintance, as he and a group of women were preparing to travel by train to a track meet in Bulawayo, the court heard Tuesday. Sithole tried to sprint away from the train station but was caught. Police then supervised a medical examination.
Sithole told the court he was born congenitally deformed. A tribal healer, known in the West as a witchdoctor, gave him "female status" but the spell didn't work properly because his family didn't pay the healer's full fee, Sithole said.
The Sithole competed in women's triple jump, javelin, shot-put and running events, and brought home Zimbabwe's only gold medal from the Southern Region Athletics Championships in neighboring Botswana last June.
He will reappear in court on March 3 and faces a fine if convicted."
This son/daughter of a gun didn't pay the full healer's fee? Boy, am I glad mom and dad paid the hospital fees or whatever they were. Otherwise, who knows? I might have turned into a weirdo or crazy person...
I remember another story out of Zimbabwe. This one is about 10 years old. This s serious too. A guy got arrested there for stealing human hearts from a morgue. Think about it. Stealing human hearts.
My question. Would that be a cardiac arrest?
Seriously, I've done some traveling, but I will never visit Zimbabwe. If I found myself there, I would just start running. Then again, that's what got Sithole in trouble.
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