Comment on Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar
june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months agoBad 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@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
No translation issue there. Northern Africa is quite known for witchcraft. People here might have trouble coming to termd with this, but it is what it is.