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Let's jump right into our list of the top 5 scary real-life purge events.
Coming in at number 5--Festival of Saturnalia- This festival was an eagerly awaited week-long
holiday that was celebrated by ancient Romans.
During the Pagan festivities which took place between December 17th to the 25th people were
encouraged to get drunk and do whatever they wanted.
This included sacrificing each other to the gods.
Throughout this week businesses and work would be suspended and slaves were given the freedom
to do and say what they like.
This Roman festival was extremely lawless and citizens would even sacrifice themselves
in the name of the god Saturn.
The first year this festival was held it was supposed to be pretty innocent- it was expected
to be a happy time where people would just have fun.
But as it went on throughout the years it took on a darker edge when people took advantage
of the freedom by turning to violence.
In images depicting this festival, you can see all the drinking and the fighting that
took place.
But the festival turned really dark when it was decided that a few fake kings would be
crowned and given the power to order people to do anything they wanted.
But at the end of the festival, these rulers were sacrificed at the temple of Saturn as
a show of respect for the Roman God.
With punishment suspended- human sacrifices- carnage in the streets- and pure freedom people
have connected this event to the purge.
They do seem really similar
In at number 4--Copycats- a teenager in Louisville Kentucky decided it would be a good idea to
put up a poster threatening the lives of the people in the community claiming that a real-life
purge event was going to take place.
So clearly we now know that this was just a teen pulling a prank but oh man the backlash
on this was insane.
The sign obviously went viral on social media which made the citizens fear riots.
After this sign went up to other people across America began making similar threats.
Authorities had to be alerted to make sure these threats were not being carried out.
At number 3--Florida- There was also another copycat threat made in Florida.
Back in 2014 All over social media, there were announcements being made that a real
live purge would be taking place.
There were a date and a time- and numbers for safe houses.
Once those numbers for safe houses went up to people really started to freak out.
Before the assumed start time, the County Sheriff David Morgan stated that the department
was aware of the threat and was investigating it.
He also cautioned all the residents and the media to exercise a mature and measured response-
in how they reacted to the threats.
Despite the number of copycats that have claimed this night is going to happen for real the
authorities aren't too concerned about it.
Coming in at number 2--Ireland- So back in 2016 the Irish police force threatened to
go on strike during all of the Fridays in November unless they got a significant pay
increase.
And this caused people to worry that a real-life purge might take place.
I mean having no law enforcement for all day Friday- that’s pretty scary.
On an average day, it's not like you call the police.
But having people know that there's no one protecting the citizens on certain nights
is a scary thought.
When this strike was being discussed there were so many things that had people freaking
out – one major thing was airports and banks shutting down for the day.
There was even a theory that the Irish Army would stand in for the police if need be but
that theory was shot down quick.
Media sources went to the streets to see what people said they would do if the police did,
in fact, go on strike.
Most of the people they interviewed said they would just stay home.
But then, of course, you have those people who are looking for a reaction- so someone
said they would vandalize the town.
While another said they would rob a store.
But like I said, for the most part, many people didn’t say they were going to cause trouble.
And a lot of the people interviewed said that they believed that the police do deserve a
raise as they simply were not getting paid enough.
And in at number 1-- Brazil-Now Brazil is a pretty different story then Ireland.
Back in 2017 in Brazil, the police in the State of Espirito Santo took a 6-day strike
over wages and poor work conditions.
Basically, people took this strike as a sign that they could do whatever they wanted.
Just after a few days of the strike, there were a reported 52 murders- thousands of cases
of rape- theft- shops being robbed- vehicles being torched and people fighting with machetes
and guns on the streets.
To survive the Brazil purge many people stayed inside their homes.
They would board up their windows- turned off the lights- and would just sit in their
house armed with whatever they could use as a weapon.
All while listening to the screaming and chaos that was going on outside.
Due to the complete lawlessness of schools- parks and health services were closed.
That means no injuries could be taken care of.
Also at this time, there was a yellow fever outbreak a lot of residents were battling
with.
But due to the health services being down they were unable to get their vaccines.
After almost a week- As a response to this inhumanity and lawlessness the Brazilian military
stormed the streets to retake control and restore order and discipline.
And there you guys have it that’s our list of the top 5 scary real-life purge events.
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