Famous urban legends

[suzzer99]

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The legend of Ollie North fingering OBL years before the 9-11 attacks.

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That's just gross.

[miajag]

As a kid I was really scared by the typical ones like "some people put razor blades in Halloween candy" and "drug dealers give kids stickers soaked in LSD/PCP/etc. to get them hooked." I realize those actually did probably happen in an isolated instance or two, but we were made to believe they were very widespread phenomena.

[CharlieDontSurf]

Richard Gere and the gerbil

[guids]

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As a kid I was really scared by the typical ones like "some people put razor blades in Halloween candy" and "drug dealers give kids stickers soaked in LSD/PCP/etc. to get them hooked." I realize those actually did probably happen in an isolated instance or two, but we were made to believe they were very widespread phenomena.

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When I was a kid, there was a local news segment about some stamps w/ LSD on them got loose, and there was an actual statement from the post office guy saying to use a sponge just in case.

[GeraldGiraffe]

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I read a story on the Internet about a cave, and how these guys expand a small hole, go through the hole, and strange things happen. I don't remember where it is, but I thought it was at least a compelling read, and it was long (by Internet standards).

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I've read this as well. It was actually a pretty interesting story. Wish I could find it again but the original link is dead now. There is this, which I think the story we've both read is based on. It's a good read.

There's a couple of other I have a hazy memory of that have this sort of internet provenance. The first is about some sort of supernatural ritual involving holding a mirror underwater and staring into it for a certain amount of time, the end result being that some sort of spirit from another dimension 'adopts' you and never leaves you alone ever again.

Secondly, there's one about a disused Mental Asylum known locally as the gates of hell - there are 7 gates and no one has ever got any further than the 4th without having to turn back. This one's been investigated and they found the location on which it was based (they think.) It got pulled down by the local authority to stop kids tooling around in the area.

[guids]

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I read a story on the Internet about a cave, and how these guys expand a small hole, go through the hole, and strange things happen. I don't remember where it is, but I thought it was at least a compelling read, and it was long (by Internet standards).

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I've read this as well. It was actually a pretty interesting story. Wish I could find it again but the original link is dead now. There is this, which I think the story we've both read is based on. It's a good read.

There's a couple of other I have a hazy memory of that have this sort of internet provenance. The first is about some sort of supernatural ritual involving holding a mirror underwater and staring into it for a certain amount of time, the end result being that some sort of spirit from another dimension 'adopts' you and never leaves you alone ever again.

Secondly, there's one about a disused Mental Asylum known locally as the gates of hell - there are 7 gates and no one has ever got any further than the 4th without having to turn back. This one's been investigated and they found the location on which it was based (they think.) It got pulled down by the local authority to stop kids tooling around in the area.

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There is a gates of hell here in mo, Im sure a lot of different states that have them. There are a bunch of spots around st louis, that have "urban legends" surrounding them, a street with a kid that got hit by a bus (true), you can see him run across the street at certian times fo the night, a house in webster groves with a crazy ghost of an old man that appears at night, the screaming wall is down a long dirt road (you cant turn around and have to back out because of the forest) at the end of the road there is a wall where if you turn your lights off you will hear kids screaming from a house out in teh woods whre a bunch were killed, there is a house in illinois w/ a well where a family and a bunch of niehgboorhood kids were killed in the 1880s. Every year around halloween we hire some kid to drive us around all over the city, get drunk and have fun seeing these places, the road of screams is the only time I actually got pretty scared becuase it sounded like there were kids right ouside teh car.

[Mike Gallo]

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I read a story on the Internet about a cave, and how these guys expand a small hole, go through the hole, and strange things happen. I don't remember where it is, but I thought it was at least a compelling read, and it was long (by Internet standards).

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I've read this as well. It was actually a pretty interesting story. Wish I could find it again but the original link is dead now. There is this, which I think the story we've both read is based on. It's a good read.

There's a couple of other I have a hazy memory of that have this sort of internet provenance. The first is about some sort of supernatural ritual involving holding a mirror underwater and staring into it for a certain amount of time, the end result being that some sort of spirit from another dimension 'adopts' you and never leaves you alone ever again.

Secondly, there's one about a disused Mental Asylum known locally as the gates of hell - there are 7 gates and no one has ever got any further than the 4th without having to turn back. This one's been investigated and they found the location on which it was based (they think.) It got pulled down by the local authority to stop kids tooling around in the area.

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There is a gates of hell here in mo, Im sure a lot of different states that have them. There are a bunch of spots around st louis, that have "urban legends" surrounding them, a street with a kid that got hit by a bus (true), you can see him run across the street at certian times fo the night, a house in webster groves with a crazy ghost of an old man that appears at night, the screaming wall is down a long dirt road (you cant turn around and have to back out because of the forest) at the end of the road there is a wall where if you turn your lights off you will hear kids screaming from a house out in teh woods whre a bunch were killed, there is a house in illinois w/ a well where a family and a bunch of niehgboorhood kids were killed in the 1880s. Every year around halloween we hire some kid to drive us around all over the city, get drunk and have fun seeing these places, the road of screams is the only time I actually got pretty scared becuase it sounded like there were kids right ouside teh car.

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My wife grew up near the Pinies, these people believe in the New Jersey Devil. Anyone who drive on the Garden State Parkway down to Atlantic City drives through the Pine Barrens. The New Jersey Devil haunts the Pine Barrens.


http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm

[guids]

Edit your post, I think you meant they believe in teh new jersey devil right?


we have the momo monster that scared teh [censored] out of us as kids, mainly becuase they covered it on teh news, so as little kids you see this on your local news and WTF!@!

[Mike Gallo]

Thanks dude..I edited it. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I have to say the Garden State Parkway at night doesspook me out sometimes. Especially after a heavy night of partying in AC.

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I think the best ones are the legend of Kiki Farnum (the ghey):
http://www.wildutah.net/7-21-00/htmldocs/KikiRaggot.htm

and having a great time at college:

http://www.forwardedfunnies.com/havi...ge_001646.html