In Strasbourg, Frau Troffea began dancing uncontrollably in the street. Within a month, hundreds were afflicted, dancing themselves to exhaustion, injury, or even death. What caused this mass psychogenic illness? Why dancing? Why did it stop?

>>17871065 (OP)
Apparently they were all high on a form of LSD that is produced by a certain species of mold and they all ate old food with said mold growing on it. That's the theory I've heard anyways

>>17871065 (OP)
People are very suggestible, and tend to imitate what other people are doing. One person starts to clap, a few more join in and soon everyone is clapping. Even if it makes no sense you don't want to be the odd man out. A curious thing happens when you apply this to religion.

Never happened.

jewish well poisoning

>>17871065 (OP)
After experiencing akatixia, i believe it could be something like that, perhaps born from moldy bread like [>>17871070] says. Akatixia is a very disturbing state where you literally can't state still.