TRUE Urban Legends?
I first became aware of “Urban Legends” when I was a senior in high school. Later, in college, I did a paper on them and their impact on pop culture…
I first became aware of "Urban Legends" when I was a senior in high school. Later, in college, I did a paper on them and their impact on pop culture in society.
You may think you're unaware of them, but I'd bet you are. Here are a couple of classics:
- Every town or area has a story about a bridge (usually with railroad tracks). Yeah, you know the one...the bridge where kids used to hang around and get into mischief? And on this bridge some catastrophe happened and now, on certain nights, it is haunted by a dead teen's spirit
- An uneducated woman is admitted to the ER in labor with twins. She gives birth. In recovery she's given a menu birth certificates to fill in her kid's names. She gives them "Oranjello" and "Lemonjello" (after Orange Jello and Lemon Jello from the menu)
See, you do know more about this unique folklore than you knew.
Now most of these stories hold absolutely no truth whatsoever. They are more or less, campfire stories. However, a couple have turned out to have some basis in truth.
If something went missing in The Pine Tree State, residents would claim the "Maine Hermit" took the item. Turns out there really was someone living in the woods who only emerged to grab stuff to survive.
And how about this one. The idea of being buried alive might seem far fetched today (even though it has been dramatized in countless TV shows and movies), but it really happened to Octavia Hatcher in the 1800s. When her coffin was dug up, scratch marks and a torn lining were found along with her bloody fingers.
WHOA!
Did you ever come across and Urban Legend that was based in truth?
