[elp]

The article is complete clickbait.

Rumour mongering/ scare stories has been an issue in rural villages world wide for far longer than the internet let alone Whatsapp.

In Africa it usually ends in the mob killing a supposed witch doctor. I suspect the same issues would happen in small town America if the police weren't as efficient.

Obviously an article about how technology doesn't automatically end superstition and ignorance is boring. Facebook/ Whatsapp is the new bogyman and Buzzfeed was never one to worry overly about facts.