Residents of Russian town near uranium mine fall asleep for six days at a time

SCIENTISTS are baffled after a Russian ghost town and a nearby village have suffered a 'sleep epidemic' where locals have been falling asleep for up to six days on end.

The locals of Kalachi village in Kazakhstan and the almost abandoned Soviet town of Krasnogorsk, Russia have been suddenly falling asleep, and then waking up with no recollection of what happened.

More than 7,000 experiments into the soil, air, water and patient's blood, hair and nails have been carried out by scientists in these remote villages. But so far, all results have come back inconclusive - although scientists fear leaking uranium could be to blame. And villagers even fear that they buried an elderly man before the sleeping condition was known about, because they thought he was dead. The sleeping epidemic causes people, including children, to suddenly fall into a deep sleep, which can last from two to six days.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/478505/Residents-of-Russian-town-near-uranium-mine-fall-asleep-for-six-days-at-a-time

The link wrote:And villagers even fear that they buried an elderly man before the sleeping condition was known about, because they thought he was dead.

Now that doesn't bear thinking about.       

Very strange

Isn't it? Here's more about it:

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/siberian-experts-say-they-can-solve-the-cause-of-mystery-sleeping-disorder/

It'll be interesting to find out what the hell caused it.  

Tesstacious wrote:
SCIENTISTS are baffled after a Russian ghost town and a nearby village have suffered a 'sleep epidemic' where locals have been falling asleep for up to six days on end.

The locals of Kalachi village in Kazakhstan and the almost abandoned Soviet town of Krasnogorsk, Russia have been suddenly falling asleep, and then waking up with no recollection of what happened.

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DO they glow in the dark as well, I wonder ???

Oh no, that poor guy Very strange, I hope that the cause is found.  There is so much we don't know..............