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something straight out of The Crucible, 12 girls in Upstate New York have fallen suddenly ill, displaying acute symptoms such as verbal outbursts and tics. Unlike Abigail Williams et al., these young women—who all attend LeRoy Junior Senior High School in LeRoy, NY— are no fakers, having had their mysterious disorder legitimized by a still somewhat-bewildered medical community.

Neurologist Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, who has worked with the girls for the last three months, has recently diagnosed them with "conversion disorder" or mass hysteria, a condition that, though rare, does occur. He says, "It's happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world. It's a rare phenomena."