First, we explain the rather complex rules around meeting friends and family over this rather extraordinary Christmas... thelocal.de/20201214/what-…
Next, Bayern is to lock down with a curfew between 9pm and 5pm, whatever happens regarding meetings of the federal goverment. thelocal.de/20201213/bavar…
With the news of *another* case of sexual cannibalism in Germany out there, maybe it's time to go over the fact that, well, eating folks has a long history there...
Let's make something clear first, however: Archaeologists, historians and anthropologists *hate* saying that cannibalism was unequivocally practiced at a site - so let's take everything with trace amounts of salt - there could be other explanations, of course...
The story starts around 7,000 years ago in South-West Germany, at a place that is now called Herxheim. While building a new housing development, archaeologists doing an inspection found the remains of 1,000 people who appear to had been eaten...
Sam Melia is the bloke behind the 'Hundred Handers' (check the alliteration) a stickering campaign that spread hate messages across the UK & US last year, as @HopeNotHate revealed. /2 hopenothate.org.uk/2020/08/11/exp…
This might explain tweets today. Tyrie claims that her and Melia were attacked by 'Antifa' in Rotherham.
Considering Melia's handiwork, it's likely they weren't there picking up a new coffee machine at Curry's. /3
Stuttgart has its own electoral madness - and mini-Trump. We choose a new mayor this weekend, and one of the candidates is this guy, Michael Ballweg. /1
Michael Ballweg is deep into the 'Querdenker' movement - an organizer, in fact. This takes him to rallies where he speaks alongside members of Far Right groups and anti-vaxxers who oppose masks and lockdowns. /2
Michael Ballweg claims that his company, that produced software, was boycotted due to his political belief.
Really, Bosch, Thyssen-Krupp and another company ended contracts with him last year because he discontinued the product. (German) swr.de/swraktuell/bad… /3
I think we've had enough of real life horror, so here's a 'true' tale from Niederbayern - lower Bavaria.
Depending on your attitude towards the supernatural, it's either a true tale of the restless dead, or a strange case of mass hysteria - both uniquely chilling... /1
Tittling is a small town near Passau, in Bavaria. It's roughly equidistant from both the Czech and Austrian borders, and is surrounded by thick, dense woods. It's a place that's still a little behind the rest of the world, in a strange sense... /2
At the beginning of 1975, drivers travelling between Tittling and the town of Thurmannsbang started to report coming across a woman in black - normally aged in appearance - hitchhiking by the side of the road.