Mysterious Sleeping Beauty illness hits Soviet village - residents collapse where they stand and sleep for days on end

Scientists are unclear what is causing the mysterious Sleeping Beauty sleep syndrome that has affected dozens of villagers in the Kalachi village and nearby Soviet town of Krasnogorsk. Beginning in the spring of 2013, Villagers began seeking medical help for fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, loss of coordination, partial memory loss, and occasionally even hallucinations. By January 2014, patients were dozing off, collapsing where they stood, and remaining asleep for several days straight.

Mysterious Sleeping Beauty illness hits Soviet village - residents collapse where they stand and sleep for days on end