What should have been a relatively small private beach party on the German island of Sylt on Saturday, turned into a nightmare for local and national police.
The organizers originally invited about 100 people via the Internet, but word of the party spread rapidly, and throughout the course of the day, over 5,000 people surged onto the island from the mainland.
"The whole thing spread like wildfire on the Internet", said a police spokesperson. "Over 13,000 people responded. It was a genuine 'flash mob'."
The organizers only had two ghetto-blasters, and a small supply of alcohol which quickly ran out, causing the mood of the uninvited guests to deteriorate rapidly. By 10pm, many disappointed partygoers had already started to return to the mainland.
"Especially shocking," according to the police spokesperson, "were the very high number of totally drunk people and the resulting violence that took place."
"Besides a number of injuries, property was also damaged and we had to break up many fights," he added.
Six people drank themselves into such a stupor that they had to be taken into police custody.
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