The Pied Piper of Hamelin Part 2
As with any mysterious event, it\u2019s often said that we should look to the simplest solution as being most likely the right one.\xa0 The idea that when presented with competing hypotheses that make the same predictions, the solution with the fewest assumptions should be chosen is usually attributed to the principle of \u201cOccam\u2019s razor.\u201d\xa0 But what happens if we try to apply this cure-all of an axiom to explain a medieval legend that has few clues associated with it?\xa0 In Part Two of our series on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, we\u2019ll explore several of the leading hypotheses on this bizarre event such as the plague and Murine Typhus, forced emigration, the \u201cDancing Madness\u201d and ergotism, slavery, the Crusades and even alien abduction.\xa0 And if we return to applying \u201cOccam\u2019s razor\u201d to this mystery from the Middle Ages and accept the contemporary accounts?\xa0 Then what remains is the disturbing thought that somehow, a nefarious charmer simply used a flute to tragically persuade a large group of children to follow him into oblivion.\xa0 They may be lost and their names are forgotten, but they and their Piper shall be forever remembered as one of the most famous legends of all time.
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