The village that fell asleep: Kazakhstanis hit by mystery sleeping sickness that causes them to doze for days have fluid on their brains, doctors claim

A mysterious sleeping epidemic that makes residents of a village known as Sleepy Hollow doze off for days at a time is caused by excessive fluid in the brain, according to doctors. Doctors, however, have been unable to identify the cause of the condition that has affected residents in the remote village of Kalachi, in northern Kazakhstan, for nearly four years. Locals say the strange sleeping disorder is getting worse, with nearly 14 per cent of the towns 600 residents having been affected Read more AND VIDEO : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2876077/The-real-Sleepy-Hollow-Doctors-say-Kazakh-villagers-hit-mystery-sleeping-sickness-excess-fluid-brains.html#ixzz3R4vurHtB