Student fell so ill on holiday friend ‘thought she was possessed’ [Video]

A student became so ill after catching dengue fever on holiday that her friend almost ‘called a priest’ – after filming her acting ‘possessed’. Cara Pyper had been in Bali, Indonesia, for two weeks when she began to feel ‘deathly unwell’ as if she had been ‘hit by a bus’.

The 22-year-old developed a high temperature, headaches, muscle pain, and extreme fatigue, all common symptoms of dengue. In a video taken by her friend, Abbi Whorriskey, the student can be seen waving her arms about looking ‘possessed’ as if she was swatting flies while asleep.

Abbi, also 22, even joked she thought she might need to ‘phone a priest’ after seeing her friend’s ‘scary’ sleep movements. At the time, Cara didn’t realise it was dengue fever and thought it could just be a hangover so pushed herself to continue sight-seeing. Cara said: “It was hell at the time. I felt …