Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar ( www.bbc.com )

pantyhosewimp , 1 month ago

My guts tell me this has something to do with it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Algeria

june , 1 month ago

Possibly, the article implies it just had to do with the civil war in the 90s. Why do you think homosexuality was a factor?

IzzyScissor , 1 month ago

A 35 year old man kidnapped a 19 year old man and kept him hidden for 26 years. I would be shocked if there WEREN'T a sexual aspect to the story.

june , 1 month ago

So you are saying the reason that they acted on the tip was because of the implication of sexual slavery involving two men rather than just the sexual slavery part?

JoMiran , 1 month ago

Me: I am sure the headline is clickbait and the story is not that weird.

* reads story *

Me: W...T...F?????

hypnicjerk , 1 month ago

Mr Bin Omran told his rescuers he had at times seen his family from his prison, but claimed he had been unable to call out for help “because of a spell that his captor had cast on him”, local media reported.

i uh... huh.

june , 1 month ago

Bad translation/cultural interpretation? Maybe they meant something along the lines of "if I spoke he would have hurt my family" which is a verbal phrase that holds power over him, sort of like a spell.

Flyswat , 1 month ago

No translation issue there. Northern Africa is quite known for witchcraft.
People here might have trouble coming to terms with this, but it is what it is.

livus , 1 month ago

He was only 19 when he was stolen and may not have had a science based education.

Reminds me a bit of the Jaycee Duggard case, she ended up interacting with lots of people without telling them that she was being held by a kidnapper.