Mrs Precious Nyathi is alleged to have given birth to a frog
A woman who allegedly gave birth to a frog, has finally shared her story. She is said to have been bewitched.
Here is how The Chronicle shared the story below.
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In an incident that has left tongues wagging in Chief Njelele’s
area in Gokwe, a 36-year-old woman gave birth to a frog-like creature
after she suddenly went into labour at home.
The lady who was eight months pregnant passed out soon after giving
birth to the scary thing. Her husband took her to Gokwe District
Hospital, where the creature later died.
But the broken couple of Mr Nomore (39) and Mrs Precious Nyathi
(36) which was expecting their first child together kept the frog in
their bedroom for some days before villagers tipped the local
traditional leader who ordered that it be burnt before a stunned
crowd. The incident which is now the talk of Gokwe occurred last
Thursday at Sidojiwe Village under Chief Njelele.
An official at Gokwe District Hospital said Mrs Nyathi was
registered with the hospital as an expectant mother and was supposed to
deliver by the end of this month.
“She was our patient who would come for routine reviews
together with other pregnant women. We were shocked when she visited the
hospital in the company of her husband and some neighbours saying she
had delivered a frog,” said the official.
The official who cannot be named for professional reasons said they
only gave Mrs Nyathi painkillers before they discharged her. “She only had some blood stains which suggested that she could have been in labour but everything on her was normal,” said the official.
Meanwhile, a news crew visited Chief Njelele’s homestead yesterday
where the distraught couple brought the alleged frog before a shaken
crowd that had gathered to see it.
A self proclaimed prophet in the community took it upon himself to
burn the creature which had shrivelled and dried up. He alleged that a
jealous neighbour had bewitched the couple.
In an interview, Mr Nyathi said they have been holding on to their
“child” because they were still confused and did not know what to do
with it. “We were all confused following this hellish experience and
until today I don’t have peace of mind. We were expecting a child and
this is what the heavens gave us. I had to keep it in my home waiting
for advice from the village elders as well as our local chief,” Mr Nyathi sobbed.
He said he received a phone call from a neighbour informing him his
wife had suddenly gone into labour but had given birth to “a strange
thing.”
“I rushed home and was shocked to see a frog. The elderly women
I found gathered at my homestead said it was what my wife had just
delivered.
She was still writhing in pain and we had to take her to the
hospital in a scotch cart. At the hospital they confirmed that she went
into labour but they were equally shocked that the result of her labour
pain was a frog,” said Mr Nyathi.
Mrs Nyathi said she was still in a state of shock and the experience will haunt her for the whole of her life.
“It’s a hellish experience which will haunt me all my life. I
don’t know how our traditional leader will help us on this one because
the hospital authorities could not give us any explanation to this,” said Mrs Nyathi who has two children from a previous marriage.
Chief Njelele said there were many weird things that occur in Gokwe but a woman giving birth to a frog was stranger. “It’s
stranger than fiction. I had to call hospital authorities and they
indeed confirmed that she was one of their pregnant patients who
regularly visited the hospital for reviews but they could not explain
what happened to her pregnancy,” he said.
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