So I was just doing some perusing of the ESL forums before my flight tomorrow, and I came across this little gem of a news article. Now for those of you who haven't heard about this, there is a particular urban legend that circulates throughout South Korea known as "Fan Death". Fan Death occurs when a person or persons are in a sealed room with an electric fan running: the fan lowers the person or persons' body temperature, resulting in death by fan.
This is an excerpt from a newspaper article regarding a Korean student in an English as a Foreign Language class at a University (yes, this person is in college...) in Canada. To read the full article, check the link on the right side of the page, where I will be posting links to interesting/pertinent articles relating to Korea:
"While many are familiar with the 'bad luck' associated with walking under a ladder or breaking a mirror, or the meteorological effects of squishing a spider, no other piece of folklore promises such a swift and sudden demise as fan death.
Jennifer Choi, 27, says she doesn't remember when she first heard of fan death, but says that the belief was instilled in her at a very early age.
'It is something I've grown up knowing, just like you don't go swimming until half an hour after you've eaten.' Her aunts in Korea would tell her, 'Don't point the fan straight at your face; you never know ... you might die.'"
I love Korea already.
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I sleep with a fan on in my room every night..
how the hell does this know I'm Matt.
sounds like a really boring episode of mythbusters could bust that myth, silly koreans.
i just burnt my tongue
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