LAS VEGAS - Authorities are claiming up to twenty victims are known to have died, following the recent massacre in a Las Vegas medical ward. Outcry has been widespread over social media, following the revelation of CCTV recordings turning up only corrupted data. Witness testimony has proven just as baffling, with no reports of firearms used in the attack, descriptions of Halloween costumes and mutilation of cadavers.
Unsubstantiated reports of cannibalism have yet to be officially confirmed.
Police are seeking to question two Caucasian females fitting between late teenage and early twenties, fitting the attached artist's impression. Due to the obvious use of prosthetics, authorities have warned that this estimate may not afford visual accuracy and are appealing for any pictures or video which may have been recorded on mobile devices. So far, a surprising lack of these have come forward.
Some experts, however, have expressed scepticism. Doctor Klass, a nearby psychologist, informed us that, "During a crisis, human perception is notoriously unreliable. We've already had two leaked reports, indicating one of he young women somehow manifested a mouth of sharp teeth and began to gorge herself on the victims. Clearly, this is untrustworthy and, I would hazard a guess, more due to the witness perhaps ingesting something of an illegal nature, than anything which might have been consumed at the hospital. Mass hysteria is often to blame for such outlandish claims and, especially, if those responsible were wearing masks or horror-themed outfits, the human mind is extremely susceptible to allowing one's imagination to fill in the blanks, as it were."
Some have called Doctor Klass' interpretation, itself, into question and point out the phenomena of mass hysteria has never been scientifically proven. Klass, however, has hit back:
"Take, for instance, another recent fiasco involving the conflagration of an Italian restaurant. Should we have believed those witnesses who were convinced it was down to - and I quote - a 'floating orb'? I don't doubt they saw something extraordinary, but... Really. Sometimes a fire really is just a fire. And our hearts should go out to these latest victims who, in my professional opinion, are being taken advantage of by the flimflimmery of the gullible. We only need to look at how a fight broke out among people dressed in costume, in the town of Searchlight, for another example of how imagination overwhelms basic common sense. Many of these people make money out of their deceptive nature on convention circuits, selling books and other merchandise."
Doctor Klass wished us to let readers know they can find out more by purchasing his own book, '
Top Klass: The Conspiracy Of Doubt', available from all prominent suppliers.
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