Monday, August 22, 1971

Mass hysteria erupt across Sri Lanka over fears of 'the grease devil' urban legend

 Over the course of August, Sri Lanka's countryside has been whipped into a mass hysteria by an urban legend known as "the grease devil." Rumors of these supernatural prowlers have rural townspeople attacking suspected grease devils, and people are dying as a result.
Full article:  http://io9.com/5833340/