Video - Dance 'Til You Drop: The 1518 Mystery of the Dancing Plague

Did you know? that in the summer of 1518, a strange and inexplicable phenomenon gripped the town of Strasbourg, France. It all began with one woman, Frau Troffea, who started dancing fervently in the streets. What followed was a bizarre and deadly event that came to be known as the Dancing Plague. In the year 1518, the town of Strasbourg was consumed by a bizarre event that would come to be known as the Dancing Plague. It all started when a woman named Frau Troffea began dancing uncontrollably in the streets. What began as a solitary dance soon spread like wildfire, with more and more people joining in. Within a month, the dancing epidemic had infected over 400 people, and the streets of Strasbourg were filled with frenzied dancers. The dancers showed no signs of stopping, dancing day and night, often until they collapsed from exhaustion or suffered heart attacks. Desperate to stop the epidemic, local authorities tried various measures, from banning music to providing places for the dancers to dance in the hopes of exhausting themselves. Eventually, the epidemic began to wane, and by the end of the year, the dancing had largely stopped. The Dancing Plague of 1518 remains one of the most bizarre and unexplained events in history, leaving historians and scientists puzzled to this day. What caused this strange phenomenon? Was it mass hysteria, a form of protest, or something else entirely? The Dancing Plague of 1518 is a reminder of the mysterious and often inexplicable nature of history. Hit that like button and do subscribe our channel for more Weird incidents like this.