Hundreds of possessed sheep walk in circle for days

An unsettling video of a large flock of sheep following each other around in a circle for more than ten days has surfaced online.

During the 22-second video, the cattle appear practically possessed. It was shared on the official Twitter account of People’s Daily, China’s largest newspaper and state-affiliated media source.

A soundtrack of trance-like music adds to the eerie scene, with the video published accompanying the words: “The great sheep mystery!”

“Hundreds of sheep walk in a circle for over 10 days in China’s Inner Mongolia. The sheep are healthy and the reason for the weird behaviour is still a mystery.”

Unsurprisingly, Twitter users rushed to offer their explanations for the animals’ behaviour.

One guy said that their circle was related to an unknown phenomenon seen in other parts of the world.

They stated: “The white rhino at the Nairobi national park has also been walking in circles but anticlockwise. A police station in Maragua has witnessed thousands of bats flying above the station for 2 days in a row day and night.”

Others contended that, as the cliché goes, sheep are natural followers, with one remarking: “Sheep have a strong instinct to follow the sheep in front of them. When one sheep decides to go somewhere, the rest of the flock usually follows, even if it is not a good ‘decision’.”

The great sheep mystery! Hundreds of sheep walk in a circle for over 10 days in N China’s Inner Mongolia. The sheep are healthy and the reason for the weird behavior is still a mystery. pic.twitter.com/8Jg7yOPmGK

— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) November 16, 2022

“This instinct is ‘hard-wired’ into sheep. It’s not something they ‘think’ about.'”

“That’s because they are sheep, they all follow the one in front of them and once they got into the circle formation they just couldn’t stop since there’s always one in front of every one of them,” another agreed.

People were more concerned about the sheep’s well-being, with one claiming, “They’re infected with listeria.”

Meanwhile, another comment read: “Maybe those sheep need more space to graze or it is a symptom of anxiety. Some animals when they feel anxiety begin to have behaviours similar to these, walking aimlessly or in a loop.”

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