Seems like a legend, rather than reality, reported numerously, the dancing plague of 1518 is one of the most mysterious events ever reported. A woman just danced for days in the city of Strasbourg. She was joined in by a great number of dancers. People were amazed, shocked, and rather worried by this unnecessary behaviour. Medics and priests were called only to see that the dancers were terrified themselves and wanted to stop, but they couldn't. This shocked everyone and made them realise this wasn't about alcohol. Days and weeks passed, and dancers started to die of exhaustion, literally dying of dancing, hard to believe but that happened. Nobody knew the reason why this was happening. The dance was so captivating that individuals couldn't stop themselves from taking part in it. The dance spread among the people of the city like a plague. Frau Troffea (the woman who initiated the dance) was taken far from the city to a mountain, but it was too late. Over 400 people were affected and were continuously dancing in the city. However, after 2 or 3 months, the dance stopped and the dancers were again normal. Around 100 casualties were reported during this period. No one till day could explain, what took over those people which forced them to dance. Some say it was a sort of demonic possession or divine intervention. Some tried explaining it rationally, calling it a result of 'hot blood'. Similar cases were reported around the world from the 11th century to the 16th century.