6. The 9-year-old indian girl who married a stray dog to ward off evil spirits On June 11, 2003, Karnamoni Handsa, a nine-year-old tribal girl in eastern India, married a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off an "evil spell" on her (she had a tooth rooted to her upper gum, which is considered a bad omen by her Santhal tribe).
The tribe elders said that the marriage would not affect the girl's life, and that she would be free to marry again later and did not need to divorce the dog.