I have recently discovered a belief here in South Korea called fan death. Simply put a electric fan running in the same room as you are sleeping can kill you if a door or a window is not open. The listed possible causes for this are:
-Carbon dioxide produced by the running electric motor can suffocate you.
-The fan causes a vortex in the room that sucks the oxygen away from you.
-The cool air causes hypothermia.
After reading the article, I discussed it with some locals. They argued strongly that this urban legend was true. Everyone seemed to have a friend of a relative that died from it.
Never did trust those fans, with their scheming natures and smug looks.
1 comment:
I'd go with the vortex theory myself
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