Did Satanists Really Murder Four Teens...and Eat Them?

You may not want to read this,

It happened in Yarolslavle, Russia, 480 miles from Moscow. Four young people who have been missing since June were found by investigators.

Police found the victims' arms and legs in a pit dressed with Satanic symbols, and investigators say each victim was stabbed 666 times – a number taken to be the sign of the devil.

It was other teenagers who carried out the crime. Eight young people are suspected of being responsible; all of them are members of a devil worshiping cult. This sounds unbelievable (most stories I hear about Satan worshipers turn out to be hysteria) but this time the Devil worshipers are not the work of someone's paranoia.

Parts of the bodies were mutilated and then eaten, then the remains of the bodies were placed in a pit next to an upside-down cross.

I grew up during the Ritual Satanic Abuse scare. After a few murders/child molestations were blamed on Satanic cults parents began to fear that Satanists were in their neighborhood operating in evil underground temples where children were abused and sacrifices were made to Baphomet. The media fed these fears and soon everyone knew that the Satanists were in their backyard. It was a silly time when owning a pet snake or listening to rock music could label you as a Devil worshiping killer by concerned parents.

At the time, this kind of murder wasn't even happening, it was just hysteria, but this time it was real.

While We Were Watching the Olyimpics - A Timeline to the Georga-Russian War

This isn't very in-depth, but I've been reading up on the conflict in Georgia and I put together a simple timeline to help myself understand what's going on. This is an ongoing issue, so this timeline is going to be out of date soon, but it might bring you up to date if you haven't been watching.

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1991 - Georgia declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

1995 - Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two separate regions within Georgia, begin to break away from Georgia amidst ethnic violence. These two states claim independence, but are never recognized by the U.N. This begins many years of fighting within the borders of Georgia between the Georgian government and the separatists. Russia openly supports the separatists in their efforts to be free of Georgia.

August 7, 2008 - Georgia sends their military to South Ossetia to capture their capital. Georgia claims to be doing this in response to recent violence led by the South Ossetian military; South Ossitia denies starting this conflict.

August 8, 2008 - While most of the world was watching the Olympics (and many European government leaders had scheduled vacations) Russia sends ground troops to South Ossetia and Abkhazia to support the separatist fighting and sends air support as well. Putin claims he is preventing a genocide and trying to keep the conflict from entering Russia. The Russian military seems to avoid entering Georgia territory, keeping its fighting within the borders of the breakaway countries.

August 11, 2008 - Georgia pulls its forces out of South Ossetia. The Georgian military has been defeated by the superior firepower of Russia.

August 12, 2008 - Russian President Medvedev calls for a halt to military action in Georgia, saying that the South Ossetia region is secure. On the same day (today, actually...) Georgia reports further Russian attacks. It is later confirmed that Russia is finishing the fight in Abkhazia, hoping to secure that region, as well.

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That's all for now, I might update this as events unravel, but let's pray that it ends peacefully and soon.