Topic: PopoBawa -- I am not making this shit up.

[Pugnate]

First the news item:

Bat-like demon blamed for attacks

Men in parts of Tanzania's main city, Dar es Salaam, are living in fear of a sex attacks from a bat-like demon.

The attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called Popo Bawa, meaning winged bat, reports the BBC.

Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil to repel Popo Bawa.

Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.

Mbaruku Ibrahim, from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.

The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.

Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popobawa#Description_and_behaviour

[idolminds]

They're on to me!

*EDIT*

Oh wait, no. Reading the description that sounds like Phil. He lives around the corner.

[TheOtherBelmont]

"We can't stop here, this is bat country!"

[Ghandi]

"No reason to point them out," I thought. "Poor bastard will see them soon enough."

Just read the book recently. It's just as awesome as the movie.

Also, for some reason this made me think of the "pussy troll" thing from Clerks 2. Dunno why.

[Pugnate]

"No reason to point them out," I thought. "Poor bastard will see them soon enough."

Just read the book recently. It's just as awesome as the movie.

Also, for some reason this made me think of the "pussy troll" thing from Clerks 2. Dunno why.

...I think someone was attacked by Popo.

[Ghandi]

He came at night. It was.....terrifying.

...and yet I willingly submitted to him.

[WindAndConfusion]

The attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called Popo Bawa, meaning winged bat, reports the BBC.

Not to be confused with the much rarer unwinged bat.

[gpw11]

Zanzibar?  I think it's time we called Snake in on this....or maybe it is snake.

[Pugnate]

He came at night. It was.....terrifying.

...and yet I willingly submitted to him.

I now think it is a good thing you are joining the army.

[TheOtherBelmont]

Zanzibar?  I think it's time we called Snake in on this....or maybe it is snake.

SPOILERZ OMG!!111

[PyroMenace]

Its just a bat-demon that needs to satisfy its needs. I mean how else is he gonna get around? Besides, I'm sure his kids will be ecstatic when they find out they transform into winged fanged demons at night. I would be.

[Antares]

"We can't stop here, this is bat country!"

[WindAndConfusion]

Wicked karma to the first person who can use this character in a seedy Photoshopping:

[Xessive]

Hehe for some reason when I first started reading the article all I could think about was "Shikaka" from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

Edit:
Here's a related article from 1996:
Ouch Ouch Ouch! Buggered by Batman!