Friday, November 17, 2006

Black Magic Woman

...or rather man. This was in the Jakarta Post today.

Witch Doctor Tries to Jinx Bush's Visit

A man claiming magic powers drank freshly slaughtered animal and snake blood Thursday as part of a ritual he said would jinx the upcoming visit of U.S. President George Bush.

Ki Gendeng Pamungkas slit the throat of a goat, a small snake and stabbed a black crow in the chest, mixed their blood with herbs before drinking the potion and smearing it on his face...he believed the ritual would succeed because "the devil is with me today."

He believed the ritual - performed around one kilometer from the palace in Bogor - would cause Secret Service agents guarding Bush to fall into a trance and believe the U.S. leader was under attack, causing chaos.

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