A man in the Nigerian village of Isseluku was arrested for killing his brother last week. The man's alibi is that he had actually attacked a goat with an axe and then it magically shape-shifted into his sibling's dead body. From the Associated Press:
Murder suspects in Nigeria, where many people believe in black magic, sometimes claim spirits tricked them into killing. In 2001, eight people were burned to death after one person in their group was accused of making a bystander's penis magically disappear.
