Okay, Chelsea, I have something that is kind of the opposite of what you usually get from
me, which is news that I think is just information being conveyed that turns out to be bad news.
This will start off maybe as bad news and then turn into something a little different.
So did you hear about this ritual mass suicide that happened in Britain?
I did not.
Okay.
Well, this story is from September 8th, 2023.
What?
Yes.
Two days ago.
Wait, no, it's not.
No, it's not.
I'm reading the calendar wrong.
So it turns out this reported ritual mass killing to the police was just a yoga class.
This article is police rushed to report of a ritual mass killing, but it was just a yoga
class September 8th, 2023 by Elise Wanchill on the Huffington Post.
So nobody died?
According to a Facebook post by Seascape Cafe at the Observatory, a cafe that is also
a community space art gallery and exercise studio.
Police rushed to the business shortly after a yoga class wrapped Wednesday at about 9.30
PM because a concerned passerby mistook the final resting position of the entire class
participating in it as a mass killing.
The final resting pose, also known as corpse pose or Savasna, typically occurs at the end
of a yoga class and in which people lie on their backs with their eyes closed in order
to sink into a meditative state.
The unidentified person reported a mass killing in our building and having seen several people
laying on the floor, the Seascape Cafe Facebook post reads, which actually turned out to be
a yoga class in meditation.
We are not part of any mad cult or crazy clubs, the post continues.
All in all, this situation turned out positive and we are of course grateful.
Turns out nobody dies.
And the caller logged this complaint at 8.56 PM with quote, good intentions.
Well, yeah, he had good intentions of, I don't know.
You're not even stopping anybody.
Maybe, yeah, maybe you're stopping them from killing more, I don't know.
Millie Laws, who taught the yoga class, went into more detail about the incident with the
Washington Post Friday.
Mills told the Post that seven students were lying on their back for about 30 minutes as
she banged on a shamanic drum in a dark room lit by just candles during Wednesday's hour
and a half restorative yoga class.
She told the newspaper that she was also wearing a flowy top and that could have resembled
a robe.
Mills said she noticed a couple outside the studio walking a dog and peering through the
window at what must have been a very bewildering scene for them.
Quote, they reported to the police that they had seen somebody walking around in a room
lit up with candles and what looked like dead people lying all over the floor.
The couple thought it was some sort of ritual mass killing.
End quote.
Mills added to the Post that the class had already ended by the time a horde of police
officers had showed up and that the young people experienced a quote, lovely relaxation
session with no interruptions, thankfully.
The cafe also thanked the police on Facebook for their quote prompt response, end quote,
and article as well.
Wouldn't you like to see if they're breathing?
I don't know.
Or would you just be like, oh fuck, this everyone's dead.
A similar mass killing, why do I come across them so often?
That's for sure what happened.
I mean they obviously didn't investigate it any further.
Yeah.
They just called the police.
Well, better safe than sorry I guess.
I felt that one fit the Halloween theme pretty well and is also just fairly light news that
you probably missed.
Yeah, we did miss that.
That was nice.
Yeah.
And I hope that little piece of fun news will keep you going until Friday.
In the meantime, just stick it out.
You got 48 hours.
We'll see you Friday.
Yeah, bye.
Thank you!