Friday, March 19, 2010

Chinese man 'ate child's brain' to cure epilepsy

A Chinese cannibal allegedly killed an 11-year-old boy and ate his brain in order to cure his epilepsy.

It was said that Wang Chaoxu, of Qixian village in Yunnan, southwest China, believed an old wives' tale that eating a child's brain could cure fits.

Police said the boy, Li Xuetang, was found buried nearly 5km away in a grain field in a neighbouring village.


Photo from here.

The top of his head was peeled back and part of his brain removed.

Wang Chaoxu was arrested and told police he believed eating the brain with earthworms and ants would cure his illness.

Wang said he was married to a nurse, but she left him because his illness meant he was unable to work.

2 comments:

arbroath said...

Groce- This sounds like something out of very cheap scary b-movie.

arbroath said...

I think there's more wrong with him than just epilepsy...