NIGHTCLUB NEEDLE PANIC
With the start of the new university term this autumn, we have seen the return of a classic fortean phenomenon – mysterious needle attacks. There has been a wave of reports that people in nightclubs have been injected with drugs that cause them to black out, causing sufficient concern that the Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Commons Home Affairs Committee have asked to be kept informed of developments.
The most prominently reported incident involved Zara Owen, 19, who visited a nightclub in Nottingham on 10 October and blacked out shortly after arriving, despite apparently drinking less than usual. The next thing she says she remembers is waking up in her bed with a pain in
