Did a Gay Baboon Terrorize an African Village?
Rumors about a gay baboon's "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a homophobic fake news article. About this rating. An image purportedly showing a newspaper clipping featuring a story about a gay baboon raping several men near an African village regularly gets shared on social media :. 
Homosexual baboon terrorises villagers in South Africa, rapes
In April , Zimbabwe News site published a story with a headline: “African village terrorised by a gay baboon who recently raped 5 men”. The story claimed a baboon named Somizi had attacked “more than six men” in an unnamed “African village”. Mid-day Gujarati. Mid-day Hindi.
When a ’gay’ monkey ran amok raping men in an African village
Five men were hospitalised in a village in the North West in South Africa in April, after allegedly being sexually assaulted by a male baboon, who gropes and has sex with human males Five men were. Sandra Swart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. ‘Gay baboon rapes men in African village
FACT CHECK: Did a Gay Baboon Terrorize an African Village? Rumors about a gay baboon "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a homophobic fake news article. Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. 
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A South African “fake news” site is repeatedly using homophobic panic as a subject of its supposedly humorous articles. The site, National News Bulletin, on Tuesday published a piece titled “ Gay baboon terrorises village. Five men now have anal cancer “. According to the site, the North West province villagers are living in fear over a big male baboon, named nicknamed Somizi. Six men so far have been groped and sexually assaulted by the varkerige aap during the past few weeks, reports the South Africa Morning Post. Somizi, named after flamboyant Idols judgeSomizi Mhlongo, is said to appear out of nowhere, gryps the ouens, does his monkey business, then lets them go.
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The native people of South Africa revered baboons, but they became part of occult beliefs and suburban fears. .