The Dancing Plague Of 1518

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The story of the dancing plague sounds like something straight out of fiction. On a summer’s day in the town of Strasbourg during the year 1518, a woman began dancing wildly in the street. The day turned into night, the night turned into morning, and she was still dancing. Within a week, 34 others had joined her, dancing as though they were possessed, without stop, for no apparent reason. And within a month, the number of dancers had reached 400. Religious sermons were called to address the issue. Physicians were called in to document the event and try to find a solution. And all the while, the dancing worsened. Many became ill or died as a result of exhaustion, strokes, or heart attacks. The authorities eventually decided that the only way the dancers would recover is if they danced it out of their systems. Guild halls and a grain market were opened to the dancers, and a wooden stage was even constructed for them. Musicians were even brought in to keep those affected moving. Numerous theories have been proposed for the cause of the bizarre event, including poisoning, epilepsy, typhus, mass psychogenic illness, and even secretly coordinated religious rituals, but to this day we still have no answer for this truly unbelievable historical event.
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Anyone here from buzzfeed?...no...ok

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me

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Me😂

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MEH

[@JohnSmith-dj2ml]

must have played my mixtape

[@materialmanners]

time travel is real

[@smallduck968]

Jack Bowman yes lol

[@Yellows]

LOL

[@intellectracoon]

Party rock anthem is based on a true story.

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hahah

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[@am.d7512]

You win the internet

[@krashsytegaming9222]

Lol

[@randallw3099]

For the 60's, they called those people hippies

[@bookwormweeb]

"She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before" 🪩🩰

[@MrBakku]

some people got a feeling that they never never ever got before

[@kadd14]

somebody got in a timemachine and did a "social experiment" : sent them a radio with a deep house/goa mixtape and some mdma pills. They tought it was candy.

[@kenjiromitsui6803]

Well, I guess someone played "Push the Tempo" at the wrong place.

[@gesseoden5560]

im here from puppet history

[@extraecclesiamnullasalus5430]

How did they survive a month without eating or drinking anything?

[@am.d7512]

I should have done this for my history thesis. Crazy. Could it not possibly be something besides a virus such as mass poisoning through water or possibly mushrooms.

[@roccoalbano6060]

They didnt

[@nitaz5768]

Well it's obvious their bodies weren't properly taken care of but I mean you can still drink and dance or eat and dance at the same time. Maybe not a proper meal but I don't think they had big meals or good meals 3times a day back then either way.

[@enricorigon1925]

Deadly Nightshade,Thorn Apple and black henbane...the delirant effects of Solanacee plants

[@Mr.Obongo]

This is what safety dance is based on

[@jllarivee60]

Thats crazy.

[@chrisvyx8240]

and thats crack in the old days for ya

[@mozacchi]

aliens?

[@angrytwinnow9990]

it was the first rave -edm festival

[@psycholilly1250]

A cult witch back then never got caught and did her dancing spell

[@raeosunxine]

could have been Chorea.

[@QuenzaNC]

@@roccoalbano6060 chorea and cholera are two different diseases jackass. It wasn't a typo.

[@jaythewatermelon6318]

wow that's crazy

[@am.d7512]

This is where the lyrics for dancing in the moonlight come from

[@fireangel6664]

Wtffff