Case file · High strangeness
Gopalganj schoolgirl outbreak
In April 2013 more than 90 students in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, were hospitalised with fainting, dizziness and breathlessness after eating a school cake; no organic cause was found.
2013 CE · 23.00, 89.82 · status: explained
The account
Bangladesh has recorded repeated school outbreaks since 2007, often read locally as spirit attacks or poisoning.
The sceptical view
A 2016 study classed it as mass psychogenic illness, with media coverage and emergency response amplifying it.