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Foreign News
November 14, 1949
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
In Salvador, Brazil, 50-year-old worker Antonio Felix sought help from a female witch-doctor to expel an evil spirit possessing him. During the ritual, she beat him and ignited black powder under his nose, causing severe burns. He is hospitalized; she is in jail.
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SALVADOR, Brazil. (AP)—Antonio Felix, a 50-year-old worker, decided an evil spirit had taken over his body and went to see a female witch-doctor to get him out.
She tied him to a chair and beat him with a sword of ogum—a tough leathery palm leaf shaped like a sword.
Then she placed a pot full of black powder under his nose and told him to look at a pretty little thing inside.
He looked.
She dropped a lighted match in the pot to blow the evil spirit back where he came from.
He is now in a hospital seriously burned.
She is in jail.
She tied him to a chair and beat him with a sword of ogum—a tough leathery palm leaf shaped like a sword.
Then she placed a pot full of black powder under his nose and told him to look at a pretty little thing inside.
He looked.
She dropped a lighted match in the pot to blow the evil spirit back where he came from.
He is now in a hospital seriously burned.
She is in jail.
What sub-type of article is it?
Witchcraft Ritual Accident
What keywords are associated?
Salvador Brazil
Witch Doctor
Evil Spirit
Ritual Burning
Arrest
What entities or persons were involved?
Antonio Felix
Where did it happen?
Salvador, Brazil
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Salvador, Brazil
Key Persons
Antonio Felix
Outcome
antonio felix seriously burned and hospitalized; female witch-doctor in jail
Event Details
Antonio Felix visited a female witch-doctor believing an evil spirit possessed him. She tied him to a chair, beat him with a sword of ogum, placed a pot of black powder under his nose, and ignited it with a match to expel the spirit, causing severe burns.