Villagers burn dead body amid allegations it was turning into an animal

Some villagers in Dedza have burned a dead body claiming it was turning and transforming into an animal.

Ashes to ashes: Body of the woman being burnt before burial
Body of the woman being burnt before burial

People from Chiomba village in the area of Traditional Authority Chilikumwendo in Dedza yesterday burnt the body of a 76-year-old woman, saying was transforming into a lion.

The villagers believe the old lady might have been a witch.

The deceased Eniya Million died Thursday night around 2000 hours after complaining of general body pains.

Yesterday in the morning, the women who were on vigil at the deceased house fled from the house where the dead body was kept after noting that the head and legs were changed to that of the beast and the whole body had fur.

The beast resembled a lion.

The villagers then when to Chafumbwa Police Unit and informed the police about the development.

The villagers resorted to take the body to the graveyard to burn it before burial to prevent it from causing havoc in the village after turning into a lion.

The people said  the deceased’s brother who died in 2005 also turned into a lion and caused havoc in the village.

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27 replies on “Villagers burn dead body amid allegations it was turning into an animal”

  1. Poor Africa. Still with primitive brains and tales. Thèse peoples are totally idiot and should go in psychatric hospital.

    1. So u think the whole village is stupid? Mudzanyeredwa the day u will encounter such scenario or za ufiti live.Our primitive law does not recognize Witchcraft. I once never believed that there is witchcraft until I and a big crowd saw a man at Ntcheu boma bus stage who was bundled in a police car slowly turning from fisi into a human after he was caught stealing goats.At Chilomoni Nthukwa around 2004 at the bus stage a man who fell from their plane was also slowly transforming from a beast into human one morning.He was partially human and beast.You may ask a mfumu from there if u don’t believe it coz the mfumu was the one who rescued this beast from the mob as it was dragging itself as it being led to his house.Dikirani man

          1. So you know, there are many talents that have been looked upon as witchcraft by societies. Being extravagantly gifted has oftentimes been frowned upon, with the unfortunate genius oftentimes facing mortal danger. The fact that you cant do things doesnt mean everybody cant and the skill you have in certain disciplines could be at the lower end of the spectrum.

            Some of the technological advances could pass off as witchcraft or magic if the knowledge was withheld within certain circles. It is known that missionaries attributed the healing power of medicine to God thereby convincing ignorant, uneducated, and unsuspecting African societies that such powers were the work of a divine entity.

            Think this through

      1. Lol. Scientists can detect sub atomic particles and gravitational waves, yet in centuries of work have never detected witch craft. Witch craft is simply a method in which people deceive an ignorant population to find money. Superstition is why albinos and twins are murdered, as well as other innocent people. Ignorance is such a tradjedy

  2. When I was young, dumb, and not well-traveled, I would have dismissed this news story as nonsense spouted by some ignorant illiterates who don’t know any better.

    My friends, under the right conditions and circumstances, anything is possible.

    The amazing technology advances should put any doubt about this to rest, but we take them for granted that we have these inventions. Imagine how someone from 1900 woke up from the slumber into the world today. They would think we were all practicing witchcraft with the technology we use daily.

    What we need now is evidence of this alleged transformation from a human being to a beast. The police should come out and address this incident with demonstrable evidence; otherwise, everyone involved in the burning of this lady’s remains should be charged accordingly for mutilation of a dead body.

    Not exactly sure what is going on in these communities, but there has been a noticeable increase in such incidents of late.

    1. Societies panic and demonstrate effects of psychological disorders when faced with social or economic problems. This is not new at all.

  3. Is it alleged or it indeed happened? The reporter didn’t manage to find the truth so that he or she could take away the word alleged?

    1. Besides munthu akusanduka and police have been informed why not mobilize people to gather around the body and atleast wait so that clear pictures of the whole incident can be taken to provide some sort of evidence? Lions terrorizing citizens in Dedza shouldnt be surprising Dedza has forests and mountains and Mozambique plagued with the same is perilously close. Otherwise the victim being old and being female fits into the narrative of a typical witchcraft myth

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