Wild news to get to today, and definitely some damning news for those of you out there who are big proponents of bulletproof charms. Yes, I’m talking about hexes that protect you from bullets if someone’s shooting at you. Looks like someone else has tempted fate and come up on the losing end.
Chinaka Adoezuwe, 26, died when he told one his clients to shoot him in an attempt to test his charms.
“A young man had gone to [the healer] to prepare bulletproof charms for him, which the native doctor did. To prove the efficacy of the new charms, [he] positioned and handed over a gun to his customer. Tragedy struck,” the BBC reported, citing the Nigeria-based Punch Newspaper.
Police in Nigeria’s Imo state have arrested the client, according to the BBC, which reported that “charms are popular in Nigeria, where traditional healers are consulted for cures for various ailments.”
Not good. Nope – that is less than ideal. But, that’s how you know this guy believed in what he was doing. Any regular ol’ scam artist would’ve chanted a few crazy words and been like, “yeah, dude – didn’t you hear that? That was the spell – you’re totally good now. Get shot as much as you want to.”
But, not this guy – no…instead, he was like, “motherfucker don’t think this is real? SHOOT ME.”
And, shocker – it wasn’t real. It’s hard to imagine how anyone can buy this stuff in 2018, but what the fuck do I know about life in Nigeria? Even the police are in on this stuff!
Even local police seemed to trust bulletproof charms more than the armor itself. Early this year, another article from Punch reported that several policemen admitted to having more confidence in being protected “the traditional way,” meaning that some officers were wearing a charm under their bulletproof vest.
I guess I should cut ’em some slack…give them the benefit of the doubt, y’know? What if this stuff is real and the guy that shot the man was some sort of wizard killer using his own spell to negate the bulletproof spell?
We don’t know.
Is this real life?
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