Strangetown Syndrome?

I've seen a lot of speculation on what the weird affliction is that seems to have infected the gurus. Is it aliens? Witches? Zombie apocalypse? A cult? One thing i've only seen mentioned one other time was a post with an interesting newspaper article from the sims 3 that talks about a plane that was forced to land back in Strangetown due to two passengers showing early signs of something called Strangetown syndrome. If we are right about the next pack being set in Strangetown or having something to do with it, then I think this is our answer. I think all the weirdness is being caused by said Strangetown syndrome and not a new occult at all. What are your thoughts on this?

Also the post was from this thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/955677/military-career-witches-or-strangetown/p10 and it was posted by @FreezerBunnyCowplant .