Urban Legends Real Or Not?

[shadow_dreamer]

Originally posted by Whispering_Wolf57
I have never heard that one but I think similar ones. I love all this stuff ghosts and unexplained. I will post more when I can hope to see more of yours. BTW where is the cemetary you mentioned?

The cemetery is located on the island of Oahu in the central part of the island in a town called Mililani.

I have more, in fact I grew up with a lot of stories told to me and some I have experienced myself. I will send more as I recall them (taking too much meds so my mind is clouded at times ), lol.

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread through a friend.

Aloha from Hawaii

 

[Erotica_Writings]

The cemetery is located on the island of Oahu in the central part of the island in a town called Mililani.

I have more, in fact I grew up with a lot of stories told to me and some I have experienced myself. I will send more as I recall them (taking too much meds so my mind is clouded at times ), lol.

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread through a friend.

Aloha from Hawaii

You know we have a cemetery here in FT.Lauderdale where they filmed one of the horror shows I think the body snatchers ...don't quote me I am not sure, but a group of teens had gone into the grave yard that night after watching the movie and their bodies were found ripped apart the next morning and the killer or killers were never found

 

[shadow_dreamer]

Originally posted by Erotica_Writings
You know we have a cemetery here in FT.Lauderdale where they filmed one of the horror shows I think the body snatchers ...don't quote me I am not sure, but a group of teens had gone into the grave yard that night after watching the movie and their bodies were found ripped apart the next morning and the killer or killers were never found

Hmmm one of those unsolved mysteries...very interesting.

 

[Whispering_Wolf57]

The cemetery is located on the island of Oahu in the central part of the island in a town called Mililani.

I have more, in fact I grew up with a lot of stories told to me and some I have experienced myself. I will send more as I recall them (taking too much meds so my mind is clouded at times ), lol.

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread through a friend.

Aloha from Hawaii

thank you.

 

[Whispering_Wolf57]

I want to wish everyone a good night. it's bed time..lol keep thinking up more legends or realitys..lol

 

[Mallory69]

#9, True or not? Something my sister emailed to me

This had been around before but needs repeating. reading this, forward it to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2.Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3.If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4.Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

5.A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: A.)Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. B.)If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers -----attackack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get -----into their cars.
C.)Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is
sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and -- get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.


IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.
6.ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the p erfect crime spot).

7.If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!

8.As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9.Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax
women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying
baby.----This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Luisiana.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.



As for the one about the dog under the bed scenario, I would find it hard to believe that one at all. Unless the dog was a mute or it was familiar with the perpetrator it would have made some kind of noise. Even then, a dog's tongue is wetter softer and a lot sloppier than a human tongue. Surely the young girl especially would have noticed a difference. Did the legend state what kind of dog it was also? little dogs are by nature a lot more yappy than big dogs. Oh, they are annoying aren't they? Bigger dogs would take a lot more effort to do something to as well. ever wrestle with a German Shepherd or a large golden retriever? How about a rotty? ever have a tug of war with one? they can put up a good fight before you get the frisbee or whatever back.

Ever watch the show "Urban Legend"? they portrayed the story about the "Hook" and in it the couple in question also hear about the felon. In this particular story though the car breaks down or whatever and the boyfriend goes to find help (this happens before the advent of cell phones) the girl falls to sleep and hears a stange sound coming from the roof . Not wanting to go outside she ignores it thinking it might be the branch of the tree they happen to be parked under. When morning comes she is awakend by the sound of someone knocking on the window only to discover it is a police officer. When she gets out of the car she is horrified to see that the sound came from her boyfriends fingers as they made contact with the roof of the car while he dangled upside down from the tree in question after he had been killed.

These stories were created to deter kids from finding a secluded area to make out in.

 

[Erotica_Writings]

Re: #9, True or not? Something my sister emailed to me

This had been around before but needs repeating. reading this, forward it to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2.Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3.If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4.Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

5.A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: A.)Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. B.)If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers -----attackack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get -----into their cars.
C.)Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is
sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and -- get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.


IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.
6.ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the p erfect crime spot).

7.If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!

8.As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9.Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax
women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying
baby.----This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Luisiana.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better to be safe than sorry.



As for the one about the dog under the bed scenario, I would find it hard to believe that one at all. Unless the dog was a mute or it was familiar with the perpetrator it would have made some kind of noise. Even then, a dog's tongue is wetter softer and a lot sloppier than a human tongue. Surely the young girl especially would have noticed a difference. Did the legend state what kind of dog it was also? little dogs are by nature a lot more yappy than big dogs. Oh, they are annoying aren't they? Bigger dogs would take a lot more effort to do something to as well. ever wrestle with a German Shepherd or a large golden retriever? How about a rotty? ever have a tug of war with one? they can put up a good fight before you get the frisbee or whatever back.

Ever watch the show "Urban Legend"? they portrayed the story about the "Hook" and in it the couple in question also hear about the felon. In this particular story though the car breaks down or whatever and the boyfriend goes to find help (this happens before the advent of cell phones) the girl falls to sleep and hears a stange sound coming from the roof . Not wanting to go outside she ignores it thinking it might be the branch of the tree they happen to be parked under. When morning comes she is awakend by the sound of someone knocking on the window only to discover it is a police officer. When she gets out of the car she is horrified to see that the sound came from her boyfriends fingers as they made contact with the roof of the car while he dangled upside down from the tree in question after he had been killed.

These stories were created to deter kids from finding a secluded area to make out in.

Well I am an old kid and it stopped me from making out in secluded places......you remind me of some close friends who are in law enforcement, what ever line of work your in, may you always be safe.

 

[shadow_dreamer]

Very good tips for women. Working in an enforcement office it's good to see and hear people sending these type of info for the safety of women.

One thing I want to add from experience:

There are a lot of road rage occuring out thee on our highways and byways and there may come a time when an irate person follows you, even though you did nothing to that person. The best things a woman can do is:

1. Do not drive to your home - the person will know where you live and may come back later to confront you or retaliate. Drive to a place where there is a lot of people around or to the nearest Police or Fire Station and park where you can be seen (preferably in front of the station). If the driver follows you try to get the license plact, the description of the car (year, make, model, color) and descripton of the driver'; be sure to lock your doors and keep your windows rolled up. If no one is around get someone's attention by honking your horn until an officer/fireman approaches your car then roll your windows down enough to tell them about your predicament.
You'll be surprised how some irate drivers will follow you to the Police station.

2. Do not pull over to confront/meet with the person to discuss things. You never know what the person would do or if the person has a weapon.

Here in Hawaii there was a time when a car with a passenger would pull up beside you and try to get your attention. They would signal you to roll your windows down and yell "You've got a flat tire. Pull over and I'll fix it for you." Well the street they picked for you to pull over was one that was not busy, harrdly or no people/cars around. Some people believed them and pulled over (being in Hawaii we don't normally refuse a helping hand (especially women and the elderly), Well after you pull over, get out of your car the passenger pushes you, knocking you over and gets into your car and drives off with your purse, briefcase, etc. You are left stunned and very upset with yourself.

 

[Erotica_Writings]

This is true

Very good tips for women. Working in an enforcement office it's good to see and hear people sending these type of info for the safety of women.

One thing I want to add from experience:

There are a lot of road rage occuring out thee on our highways and byways and there may come a time when an irate person follows you, even though you did nothing to that person. The best things a woman can do is:

1. Do not drive to your home - the person will know where you live and may come back later to confront you or retaliate. Drive to a place where there is a lot of people around or to the nearest Police or Fire Station and park where you can be seen (preferably in front of the station). If the driver follows you try to get the license plact, the description of the car (year, make, model, color) and descripton of the driver'; be sure to lock your doors and keep your windows rolled up. If no one is around get someone's attention by honking your horn until an officer/fireman approaches your car then roll your windows down enough to tell them about your predicament.
You'll be surprised how some irate drivers will follow you to the Police station.

2. Do not pull over to confront/meet with the person to discuss things. You never know what the person would do or if the person has a weapon.

Here in Hawaii there was a time when a car with a passenger would pull up beside you and try to get your attention. They would signal you to roll your windows down and yell "You've got a flat tire. Pull over and I'll fix it for you." Well the street they picked for you to pull over was one that was not busy, harrdly or no people/cars around. Some people believed them and pulled over (being in Hawaii we don't normally refuse a helping hand (especially women and the elderly), Well after you pull over, get out of your car the passenger pushes you, knocking you over and gets into your car and drives off with your purse, briefcase, etc. You are left stunned and very upset with yourself.

This reminded me of the person or persons who are impersonating police in their car, right down to the blue light, he targets women driving alone. our law enforcment tell us to drive at a slow speed until we feel we are in a safe secure place before pulling over for the officer in question.

 

[shadow_dreamer]

there are sick people out there and it's sad to see the world turning into a place we have to keep a watchful eye. i remember days when we didn't have to lock our doors or windows....sigh

 

[Erotica_Writings]

there are sick people out there and it's sad to see the world turning into a place we have to keep a watchful eye. i remember days when we didn't have to lock our doors or windows....sigh

I remember when parents could send their kids to school and know they would be coming home alive.........now its like sending them to war, I pray for my grand kids

 

[Whispering_Wolf57]

Very good tips for women. Working in an enforcement office it's good to see and hear people sending these type of info for the safety of women.

One thing I want to add from experience:

There are a lot of road rage occuring out thee on our highways and byways and there may come a time when an irate person follows you, even though you did nothing to that person. The best things a woman can do is:

1. Do not drive to your home - the person will know where you live and may come back later to confront you or retaliate. Drive to a place where there is a lot of people around or to the nearest Police or Fire Station and park where you can be seen (preferably in front of the station). If the driver follows you try to get the license plact, the description of the car (year, make, model, color) and descripton of the driver'; be sure to lock your doors and keep your windows rolled up. If no one is around get someone's attention by honking your horn until an officer/fireman approaches your car then roll your windows down enough to tell them about your predicament.
You'll be surprised how some irate drivers will follow you to the Police station.

2. Do not pull over to confront/meet with the person to discuss things. You never know what the person would do or if the person has a weapon.

Here in Hawaii there was a time when a car with a passenger would pull up beside you and try to get your attention. They would signal you to roll your windows down and yell "You've got a flat tire. Pull over and I'll fix it for you." Well the street they picked for you to pull over was one that was not busy, harrdly or no people/cars around. Some people believed them and pulled over (being in Hawaii we don't normally refuse a helping hand (especially women and the elderly), Well after you pull over, get out of your car the passenger pushes you, knocking you over and gets into your car and drives off with your purse, briefcase, etc. You are left stunned and very upset with yourself.

always good to hear tips for ladies to be safe.Thank you.and keep posting

 

[Erotica_Writings]

REAL OR NOT

In the woods just North of Palatka, Florida and primarily in the area of Barden is a legend of a beast.

Typical "big foot legend" with an apelike creature approximately 7 feet tall that has never been captured.

Almost anyone in Palatka can tell you about it, but few claim to have seen it.

I have been on a "Booger Hunt" (seemed like a good idea at the time), but I have never seen or heard the animal. I was hoping someone might know more about it.

{Maybe it is the ghost of a Timucuan (Native American), as their average height was approximately 6'7" with 7' tall people being quite normal. Really scared the crap out of Ponce.}

 

[Mallory69]

Good advice from the law enforcement officer. Being a cyclist I am among the most vunerable people around. I've had people make all kinds of rude comments or gestures towards me but for the most part I'll yell or gesture back. I've had people throw things at me which really pisses me off because it happesns so fast I'm more concerned with evasive maneuvers than I am in trying to get the tag number or the description of the vehicle.

But in the direct confrontation thing, I have a nephew (25 going on 12) who is pretty much a big mouth and an idiot. He, along with his cousin and his girlfriend, were sitting at a light in a cab waiting for a pedestrian to cross. guess he took a little bit longer than my nephew's tolerance would allow and shouted something at him to get a move on. Words were exchanged and the next thing you know this guy pulls out a knife and stabs my nephew in the side of the neck just barely missing his jugular vein by mere millimeters. He could have died. Fortunately the guy was eventually caught and charged with aggravated assault with intent or something like that and my nephew survived. It just goes to show you how crazy this world is becoming.

Some time after the incident I ran into my nephew and asked to see the scar.

"Yo, check it out" he said as if he were wearing some kind of badge or medal. "Did you learn anything from this?" I asked him "For now" was his reply. like I said stuuupiid.

On another note. My sister emailed me a thing about how there seems to be some kind of weird initiation going on out towards the Toronto area. Apparently the initiate will be driving their car after dark with their lights off until some unsuspecting driver from an approaching vehicle will signal them by flashing their lights to let them know that the lights are off. At this point the initiate will swing around and follow the person and try to run them off the road.

What kind of a world is this becoming anyway?

 

[Erotica_Writings]

Good advice from the law enforcement officer. Being a cyclist I am among the most vunerable people around. I've had people make all kinds of rude comments or gestures towards me but for the most part I'll yell or gesture back. I've had people throw things at me which really pisses me off because it happesns so fast I'm more concerned with evasive maneuvers than I am in trying to get the tag number or the description of the vehicle.

But in the direct confrontation thing, I have a nephew (25 going on 12) who is pretty much a big mouth and an idiot. He, along with his cousin and his girlfriend, were sitting at a light in a cab waiting for a pedestrian to cross. guess he took a little bit longer than my nephew's tolerance would allow and shouted something at him to get a move on. Words were exchanged and the next thing you know this guy pulls out a knife and stabs my nephew in the side of the neck just barely missing his jugular vein by mere millimeters. He could have died. Fortunately the guy was eventually caught and charged with aggravated assault with intent or something like that and my nephew survived. It just goes to show you how crazy this world is becoming.

Some time after the incident I ran into my nephew and asked to see the scar.

"Yo, check it out" he said as if he were wearing some kind of badge or medal. "Did you learn anything from this?" I asked him "For now" was his reply. like I said stuuupiid.

On another note. My sister emailed me a thing about how there seems to be some kind of weird initiation going on out towards the Toronto area. Apparently the initiate will be driving their car after dark with their lights off until some unsuspecting driver from an approaching vehicle will signal them by flashing their lights to let them know that the lights are off. At this point the initiate will swing around and follow the person and try to run them off the road.

What kind of a world is this becoming anyway?

We are becoming a very sick world , here in South Florida a young boy planned to kill his friend.....he did in the schools bathroom they found he was planning on killing his sister and a few other friends.

 

[Whispering_Wolf57]

hope too hear more legends tomorrow. have a great night everyone

 

[Erotica_Writings]

GOOD NIGHT FANS OF URBAN LEGENDS

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD TO BED
The good folks at Tuttle Crossing Mall in Columbus, Ohio breathed a sigh of relief towards the end of April 1998, when phone calls about the horror story then being passed around on the Internet began to dwindle. They thought they had finally put certain nasty, old rumors behind them.

As the stories went, a female shopper returned to her car in the mall parking lot and found that she had a flat tire. As she set about changing it, a man in a business suit approached and offered to help. The woman accepted, and they changed the tire together without incident.

At that point the helpful businessman asked her for a ride to his car, which he said was parked on the other side of the mall. This made the woman uncomfortable and slightly suspicious, so she politely declined. He became insistent. Fearful of his intentions, the woman told the man she had more shopping to do and rushed back into the mall, where she immediately reported the incident to security officers.

Later, when she went back to her car accompanied by the officers, the "good samaritan" was nowhere to be found. Since the flat tire still needed repair, she drove to a nearby garage, where a mechanic immediately observed that someone had slashed the tire with a knife. It was also discovered that the man had left his briefcase in her trunk.

"She opened it," the story concludes, "and the only things in it were some rope and a butcher knife!"

Well, it's an urban legend, of course, and hardly a new one at that (see "The Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker" for an older variant). But for several weeks following the story's circulation on the Internet, Tuttle Mall personnel fielded inquiry after inquiry from frightened patrons and scoop-hungry media types, nearly all of whom seemed to assume the story had to have been based on a real-life incident. It was not.

"It's not true!" was the constant refrain at the mall switchboard during those weeks. The security office stated that no such incident had ever been reported at Tuttle Crossing Mall. Columbus police investigated and found no evidence to substantiate the story.

"It was nothing but a false, stupid, ridiculous, sick rumor," a mall security guard told me as I began researching this piece in July 1998. He said he was glad when the rumor finally seemed to have died down in April — and seemed audibly perturbed when I informed him it's back.

Several new and improved versions of the legend started making the email rounds earlier this month (July 1998). Judging from the number of inquiries I've received, it's a bigger hit than ever.

 

[shadow_dreamer]

Here's another one from Hawaii. It was told to me by two different people and occured at different places.

It's almost midnight and they're traveling in a car down a road when all of a sudden a very large white dog appears, sitting in the middle of the road staring at you as you step on the brake to prevent you from hitting the dog. As you try to shoo the dog away by yelling, honking your car horn or waving your hands the dog sits there like a statue.

Your eyes focus upon the dog's eyes as he stares at you and notices his eyes are red, blood red. Your skin crawls. You try to put the car into reverse but the engine dies. You can't start the car!

The dog approaches the car very slowly, almost mehtodically. He walks around the vehicle, stopping to stand on his hind legs to look into the drivers window then does the same to the passenger window(s) to look at them one by one.

Then suddenly he walks to the front of the vehicle and begins to walk down the road in front of you. You sit there mesmerized watching the dog. Then you try to start your car after he's a good length in front of you and behold it starts!

You drive slowly looking, watching for the dog but the dog is nowhere to be seen. But as you drive past where you last saw him your skin crawls. Once you drive down the road awhile the feeling passes. You look at your passenger(s) and they look at you and you all silently wonder what had just happened.

(My sister was one who experienced this and after checking with the elder Hawaiians they claimed it was an omen. A few weeks after the incident, one night at the same time a car went crashing into the house along the road where the dog was sitting. This made the newspapers and evening news.)

 

[Erotica_Writings]

Here's another one from Hawaii. It was told to me by two different people and occured at different places.

It's almost midnight and they're traveling in a car down a road when all of a sudden a very large white dog appears, sitting in the middle of the road staring at you as you step on the brake to prevent you from hitting the dog. As you try to shoo the dog away by yelling, honking your car horn or waving your hands the dog sits there like a statue.

Your eyes focus upon the dog's eyes as he stares at you and notices his eyes are red, blood red. Your skin crawls. You try to put the car into reverse but the engine dies. You can't start the car!

The dog approaches the car very slowly, almost mehtodically. He walks around the vehicle, stopping to stand on his hind legs to look into the drivers window then does the same to the passenger window(s) to look at them one by one.

Then suddenly he walks to the front of the vehicle and begins to walk down the road in front of you. You sit there mesmerized watching the dog. Then you try to start your car after he's a good length in front of you and behold it starts!

You drive slowly looking, watching for the dog but the dog is nowhere to be seen. But as you drive past where you last saw him your skin crawls. Once you drive down the road awhile the feeling passes. You look at your passenger(s) and they look at you and you all silently wonder what had just happened.

(My sister was one who experienced this and after checking with the elder Hawaiians they claimed it was an omen. A few weeks after the incident, one night at the same time a car went crashing into the house along the road where the dog was sitting. This made the newspapers and evening news.)

my skin crawled just reading it.....brrrrr

 

[Erotica_Writings]

HIGHWAY 666

HISTORY & HAUNTINGS OF AMERICA
HAUNTED UTAH

HIGHWAY TO HELL
Mysteries of Route 666 Across Utah
BY LINDA DUNNING




Route 666 is a lonely, deserted stretch of road with a long history of accidents and apparitions. Because of the so-called bad luck along this stretch of road, state highway officials in all four states have been asked at one time or another to change the name of this highway. The only state to respond to this demand until just recently, was Arizona. Because a lot of Arizona motorists complained the highway running through their state is now named Highway 191. Also disgruntled, a man from Indiana wrote one of his U.S. Senators, asking why New Mexico didn't change their section of the highway's name. In each case and state (except in Arizona) the demands were tabled. Eventually, however, quite a bit of this highway has become Highway 191, even in Utah. Originally named in 1926, it was the sixth branch of the now defunct Route 66, and therefore became Route 666. Most of the highway now will be named Highway 191.

However, people still don't like having to drive on a road that refers to the antichrist and still remember that it once had such a name.. Interestingly, my husband has his own tale of traveling this very same highway when he was on his way to Texas, long before I ever met him. He used to drive very long distances all by himself, being a country boy from southern Indiana. There wasn‘t much for small town high school kids to do there in the evenings but drive the old country roads, watch the fireflies over fields, gather in graveyards, go arrowhead hunting or chase imagined UFO's. Anyway he was driving this highway (in the middle of the night) headed for Gallop. He was alone and hadn’t seen a car for miles and miles. Suddenly, he saw a truck that looked like it was on fire heading straight for him, right down the middle of the highway. The truck was going so fast that sparks were flying up off the wheels and flames were coming from the smokestack. It scared him so bad that he pulled way off the road and walked 20 feet or so out into the desert away from his car and waited for the truck to pass him, going what he estimated was 130 miles an hour. He then got back into his car and continued on. If it were I, the fear of rattlesnakes and skin walkers would have kept me inside the car. I probably would have been run over, because I wouldn't have been able to judge the distance accurately.

In addition to the mad trucker, packs of demon dogs have been seen on this highway as wel1. They attack at night with yellow eyes and sharp teeth; shredding the tires of those silly enough to stop along this highway at night. Then there is a beautiful, young and frail girl in a long nightgown that roams the road. People see her walking along the side of the road, all alone in the dark out in the middle of nowhere. They stop to help her and as they approach, she instantly vanishes. There are many other tales of people who either disappear along this route or suddenly appear out of nowhere. There are even tales of the same person, disappearing at one point along the highway and then reappearing at another location miles away, without having any recollection of where they have been or what they have been doing.

There are Native Americans tales of unwanted passengers appearing in the backseat of the car along such stretches of highway, but especially along Highway 666. It seems that skin walkers, or evil-minded Medicine Men, can shape shift often into animals such as crows, coyotes, or wolves and appear out of nowhere in front of your car on the highway. This, in and of itself, can cause unexplained accidents along the road. However, this is usually a warning and can happen several times before the evil shaman decides to appear in the backseat of your car, if you are driving alone. So it is advised that people drive in groups so the evil skin walker has nowhere to sit. This may work and it may not, for the skin walker can play all sorts of tricks on the eyes, being able to shape shift as he or she does. So it is also good advice not to be driving all night or to be very tired, as this is when the skin walkers are on the prowl stealing souls for themselves.

“Drive Route 666 at night, and you drive at your own risk,” the signs should say. Even in the daytime some of the long, deserted stretches are enough to frighten drivers, or at least put them to sleep, which is just as dangerous as seeing anything. Take a lot of people with you and don't leave any space for unwanted passengers who just might decide to appear in your backseat. Pull off the road if a huge diesel truck comes barring down on you from either direction. Don’t be curious to see if there is a driver in that single car passing you in the night. Don’t look for lights floating in the sky. Hope you don’t see any young girls in white dresses. Never stop if you spot something peculiar and don’t pick up hitchhikers. Lastly, if demon dogs approach you in the night, just keep driving.

 

[shadow_dreamer]

brrrrr...i have heard of shape-shifters and attended many pow-wow's here in Hawaii. The elder tell these tales and some of the listeners just tease and say "yeah right" but one never knows what would happen. Would it take one incident for them to believe?

I've heard stories of Route 666 and some have given me chills up and down my spine. They can change the name (or number) but you cannot change what lurks there along the highway unfortunately.

 

[Erotica_Writings]

brrrrr...i have heard of shape-shifters and attended many pow-wow's here in Hawaii. The elder tell these tales and some of the listeners just tease and say "yeah right" but one never knows what would happen. Would it take one incident for them to believe?

I've heard stories of Route 666 and some have given me chills up and down my spine. They can change the name (or number) but you cannot change what lurks there along the highway unfortunately.

I know what you mean we have a stretch of lonely road that is actually on the island off of the Hilsboro Inlet where people have had their car lights and windshield wipers go on and off by themselves. I remember it happening when I was a kid and everyone in our car began to scream and my mother stops the car. Its funny now to think back about it with my father yelling just drive!

 

[Erotica_Writings]

GOOD NIGHT URBANSTERS

UNTIL TOMORROW AND WE SHALL BURN THE CAMP FIRE AND SHARE THE TALES OF THE UNKNOWN

 

[Whispering_Wolf57]

Re: GOOD NIGHT URBANSTERS

UNTIL TOMORROW AND WE SHALL BURN THE CAMP FIRE AND SHARE THE TALES OF THE UNKNOWN

maybe we will be able too dream up more legends

 

[Erotica_Writings]

GOOD MORNING

THE FIRE AT THE CAMP SITE BRIGHTLY BURNS AS WE PASS ALONG MORE TALES OF THE URBAN LEGENDS WE WILL BEGIN TODAY WITH........ http://ashewolf.net/den/globesrq/globe11.gif



LAST CALL

Legend: A woman dies of a heart attack with a phone still in her hand. The telephone in her husband's crypt is later discovered to be off the hook.

Example:




One of the Ball Brothers, of the canning jar family, had a great fear of being entombed alive. Anyway, he had a telephone installed in his so he could call out if this happened to him.

As the story goes, he dies...this story is to have happened in the late 1930's. A few days later, some of his wife's family got worried because they could only get a busy signal on her phone. Upon entering her home, they found her dead, a look of fright frozen on her face, clutching the phone. When they went to entomb her after the funeral a couple of days later, you can guess what they found...yep, the phone was off the hook INSIDE the crypt.

Variations:

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The dead man is variously described as an unnamed Englishman, a wealthy retired British businessman, or one of the Ball brothers (American).

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The husband is interred in a crypt or buried in a coffin.

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The wife dies two years after her husband, the implication being that when it was her time to die, he called to tell her so.

Origins: The
fear of being buried alive has led to the invention of various devices whose purpose was to allow the hastily-entombed to signal that a mistake had been made. It wasn't a misplaced fear either -- even in this century, physicians of solid repute have cited numerous instances of people being pronounced dead and then stirring to life again, reviving from a coma or some trauma that had reduced the pulse or respiration to imperceptibility.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, contraptions employing bells, buzzers and flags were devised to send such distress signals. As technology advanced, so did what people wanted to take to their graves as a precaution against such an eventuality. These days it's telephones and modems.

The last will of David Hughes provides for a laptop computer powered by a solar electric panel and linked by radio with computer networks throughout the world to be buried with him. Though his stated purpose is to continue to interact with the living even after his demise, one could see that such a connection would also serve him in the case of premature burial.

(Our Buried Alive explores in far greater detail the fear of being buried alive, some actual cases of it, and the variety of contraptions and precautions folks have taken to prevent live entombment being their own fate.)

Mary Baker Eddy was long rumored to have a telephone installed in her crypt, but this has proved out to be only folklore. During the building of her monument at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, her body was kept in that cemetery's general receiving vault. A guard was hired to stay with the body until it was interred and the tomb sealed, and a telephone was installed at the receiving vault for his use during that period. There was never a phone at her monument.

Yet lore has a way of building upon the tiniest fact until a story has been fully fleshed out. The Baker Eddy crypt phone became, through rumor, an instrument installed as a comfort for a fear-driven woman who was terrified by the thought of finding herself, er, encrypted. Even from there the story continued to grow:



The phone was only connected to a special phone at her house. Therefore, if that particular phone in the house rang, it meant it wasn't just another phone call - it was an urgent call from Ms. Baker Eddy because she had been buried alive. So, one stormy evening lightning hit the phone line and the special phone rang and a servant at the house fainted (or died) of fright.

Our legend of the deceased husband summoning his wife to his side plays upon our fascination with the supernatural. We don't want to believe death is the end of things, so we embrace stories that seem to confirm it won't be. If communication between the dead and the living is possible, then death must not be all that final a destination.

Phone or no phone, to date there's no confirmed instance of contact being made from beyond the grave.

Barbara "but I've ghoul waiting, just in case" Mikkelson

Sightings: A version of this legend shows up as the plot of the 7 February 1964 Twilight Zone episode "Night Call."