Twins run into traffic in England's M6 motorway:

[IcyPeas]

This was just televised by the BBC in Britain. THe name of the show was "Madness in the Fast Lane". It is one of the most bizarre stories ever. I came across the story from Metafilter website.

snip:

Ursula and Sabina Eriksson are a pair of Swedish twins who came to national attention in the United Kingdom in 2008 after an apparent episode of folie à deux, which resulted in unique footage of insanity on the M6 motorway, and the killing of Glenn Hollinshead. No drugs or alcohol were involved in any of the incidents.<1><2> Their actions have never been explained, other than by a rare induced delusional disorder which caused the pair to be temporarily insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_and_Sabina_Eriksson

[kentauros]

1. And how, exactly, did you come across this story?

:o

[IcyPeas]

2. found it here:

Metafilter:

http://www.metafilter.com/97156/Blonde-Swedish-Identical-Twins-but-not-what-you-were-hoping-for

home page: http://www.metafilter.com/

[kentauros]

3. Okay, I've seen that site once or twice.

I was thinking that perhaps you were, instead, a reader of Fortean Times :)

http://www.forteantimes.com

[Tripper11]

4. WOW! There has to be some kind of mental illness involved

Seriously...what an extremely bizarre incident. And to continue fighting to run into the traffic after police and medics are there.
I guess the question would be, since they are twins, were they both fighting some kind of mental health breakdown simultaneously, or was one having a sympathetic breakdown for her sister? Does that even make sense?
Truly stunning and all in tape as well.

[kentauros]

5. I read through the wiki entry

and the "folie à deux" mentioned is like you say, a "sympathetic" form of mental illness. I don't understand how that works at all or why, so it's just bizarre all the way around...

[redirish28]

6. You tube has footage

freaky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_npoP7x5p0Q

[tigereye]

7. I am surprised that they were not detained longer for mental health observa-

tion after the initial incidents. I would also be curious to see their background histories... that is incredibly wild.