A 53-year-old divorced senior worker, who was show caused by the authority recently for irregularities in his professional commitment, working as a mechanic in the same jute mill suddenly noticed his penis growing smaller and shrinking into his abdomen. This resulted in a panic, and he frantically reached for help in the emergency department of the hospital. He had learnt that a similar occurrence had occurred 1 week back nearby his quarter, which caused the victims to immerse themselves in ice-cold water. He admitted taking country liquor at least on two to three occasions per week, amounting to 1-2 pints each time on an average, though he was abstinent for the last 15 days. There were no other significant premorbid medical or psychiatric illnesses. He was given chlordiazepoxide 80 mg in divided doses and thiamine and was reassured. His condition caused his nephew, who had been on a vacation in Bihar, to come back to the state. In 2-3 days, the nephew started having similar complaints that resulted in intense panic and had to be admitted to surgery observation ward following abrasive injury over the glans which reportedly occurred as he tried to pull out his penis from the abdomen, which he thought was retracting. He recovered within 3 days but the news was followed by an outbreak of similar illness among 11 workers in the same jute mill and they resorted to immersing themselves in a pond nearby. They believed that the disease was occurring due to increased heat accumulated within the body that needed to be cooled down. Another medical camp was arranged, and assurance followed by group psychotherapy resulted in reduction of symptoms within 6-7 days. Close individual psychiatric interviewing revealed most of the cases to be unmarried. Immediately prior to the outbreak, there was a prolonged cease work in the jute mill discussed and the workers were not getting their salaries for the last 1 year which led to financial instability. The demographics and other relevant particulars of the two case clusters discussed herewith are briefly summarized in [Table 1].