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A Nigerian man with a talisman said to shield bullets wound up perishing when he put the 'magical' charm to the test and discovered that it possessed no such power. According to a local media report, the unfortunate incident occurred late last month in the community of Bauchi when a witch doctor provided the piece to the victim, Muhammadu Ali, with the promise that it could protect him from gunfire. Perhaps hoping for some assurance before paying the witch doctor's fee for the odd object, the man decided to conduct a rather ill-advised experiment to see if the purportedly magical talisman could truly keep him safe.
More on this bizarre story at the Coast to Coast AM website.