Never trust a fan. I mean look at them…and their fan blades…obviously they’re up to no good! Or at least that’s the consensus in Korea. Of the 20, this fact may be the most intriguing to me. Bear with me on this one since it’s not pretty.
It is believed by many South Koreans that leaving your fan on overnight causes death. Yes you heard me right, death! A commonly believed urban legend, more than 20 cases of “fan death” have been reported by the Korean Consumer Safety Board in the last couple of years warning people not to leave their fans on overnight. So how exactly do these evil entities get the job done? Well there’s more than one explanation when the bodies are found the next morning with the fan suspiciously at the scene of the crime:
1. The fan sucks all of the air out of the room creating a vacuum similar to the effects of what it would feel like in space.
2. The fan uses up all of the oxygen in the room leaving only the carbon dioxide for you to breath in.
3. The blades chop up all of the oxygen particles in the room leaving you with no oxygen.
4. If left in an enclosed space for a long period of time, the fan is said to lower the rooms air temperature until inducing hypothermia on its victim.
It is then up to the mastermind detectives to figure out which method the fan chose for its victim in each instance. We may need to get Sherlock Holmes on the case for this one.