Mysterious East

A village in Vietnam is producing bottles of wine containing cobra snakes and scorpions.The wines are being shipped worldwide and are said to be a natural remedy used to treat a number of conditions. The poison from the snakes and scorpions is rendered inactive by the drink and won"t harm anyone who dares to try some. Forget eating the worm after downing your tequila - with these bottles of unusual wine produced in Vietnam, a tasty tipple comes with a far more potent bite.

A village there is producing snake and scorpion wine and shipping it worldwide, with the rare beverage available to order online.  

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A home in Malaysia has been plagued by paranormal activity and a series of mysterious fires.Several paranormal experts have attempted to rid the home of Zainab Sulaiman of "evil" spirits said to be responsible for a series of disturbances and fires. In the latest attempt a group of muslim ghostbusters known called Darul Shifaq spent half the night there butfailed to exorcise the spirits.

"We have come across this sort of paranormal activity before, and her an­cient belongings may be the cause of the fires," said the group"s leader Zakaria Ya. There seems to be no end to Zainab Sulaiman"s woes despite several attempts by paranormal experts to rid her of spirits believed to be behind over 200 mysterious fires which havebroken out in her home.  

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A man who kept his mother"s remains in a backpack is just one of a number of similar cases in Japan.A recent investigation aimed at checking up on citizens over 100 years old has been launched following the discovery of an alleged 111 year-old man who was found mummified in his bed after having been deadalmost 30 years.

The remains of a Japanese woman have been found in a backpack, in the latest gruesome discovery by investigators searching for missing old people. The woman"s son told police his mother died in 2001 but he had not been able to pay for a burial.

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Having lived for most of her life in the Cambodian forests "jungle woman" has fled back to the wilds.The 29-year-old disappeared in to the thick forests when she was just a little girl, in 2007 she was found and reunited with her family but struggled to adapt to society. Despite making some progress in recent months and without so much as a word shehas now disappeared back in to the forests again.

Rochom P"ngieng, now 29-years-old, first disappeared into thick hilly jungle in 1989 when she was a little girl. She was "discovered" in early 2007 and reunited with her family. However, attempts to reintegrate her have failed.

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