It's an Urban Legend
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Reposting interesting comments on modern folklore. Urban myths, rumors, legends, hoaxes, misconceptions, and apocryphal anecdotes.
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Listening to a podcast about local urban legends. Makes me think about that satanic church that someone's brother convinced me was real. Or the piranhas in the public pool. Or that some kid did Bloody Mary in the bathroom by the music room and it made the toilets glow...
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Listening to a podcast about local urban legends. Makes me think about that satanic church that someone's brother convinced me was real. Or the piranhas in the public pool. Or that some kid did Bloody Mary in the bathroom by the music room and it made the toilets glow...
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Sunday morning discussion thread - why does everyone think that every shop on high street is a front for money laundering?
Is this an urban legend? Has anything ever been proved?
Is this an urban legend? Has anything ever been proved?
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sunday morning discussion thread - why does everyone think that every shop on high street is a front for money laundering?
Is this an urban legend? Has anything ever been proved?
Is this an urban legend? Has anything ever been proved?
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It only took 25 years but we finally made the urban legend AI Furby the NSA was so worried about
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It only took 25 years but we finally made the urban legend AI Furby the NSA was so worried about
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I was today years old when I learned that the official coca-cola website actually has a "you can't actually die from this" page for people who are concerned about coke + mentos at the same time.
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I was today years old when I learned that the official coca-cola website actually has a "you can't actually die from this" page for people who are concerned about coke + mentos at the same time.
This is an interesting look at the (racist) 🇺🇸 legend about those twins, Orangello and Lemonjello. But little recognized is that rumors of Black twins named Orange and Lemon circulated in the pre-war 🇺🇸 South. No clue whether this influenced the creation of the “Jello” boys legend, but there you go.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is an interesting look at the (racist) 🇺🇸 legend about those twins, Orangello and Lemonjello. But little recognized is that rumors of Black twins named Orange and Lemon circulated in the pre-war 🇺🇸 South. No clue whether this influenced the creation of the “Jello” boys legend, but there you go.
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Man i miss old snopes it was the most interesting shit ever when i was a kid even though it did scare me a little
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Man i miss old snopes it was the most interesting shit ever when i was a kid even though it did scare me a little
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I called this the “UFOs are iPhone shy” rule. If you have a supposedly widespread phenomenon (UFOs, the litter box thing, whatever), in the 2020s iPhone era, you should be able to get a dozen pics without breaking a sweat.
No pics? Just some guy swearing he saws it?? In 2025??? Didn’t happen
No pics? Just some guy swearing he saws it?? In 2025??? Didn’t happen
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I called this the “UFOs are iPhone shy” rule. If you have a supposedly widespread phenomenon (UFOs, the litter box thing, whatever), in the 2020s iPhone era, you should be able to get a dozen pics without breaking a sweat.
No pics? Just some guy swearing he saws it?? In 2025??? Didn’t happen
No pics? Just some guy swearing he saws it?? In 2025??? Didn’t happen
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The litter boxes thing is my basic touch point for “the average person is extremely fucking gullible” - despite then being the year of our lord 2024, with every human being in America carrying around an incredible camera 24/7, not one fucking picture was ever presented.
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The litter boxes thing is my basic touch point for “the average person is extremely fucking gullible” - despite then being the year of our lord 2024, with every human being in America carrying around an incredible camera 24/7, not one fucking picture was ever presented.
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Hey, whatever happened with those “teachers are putting litter boxes in schools because kids identify as cats” things? We solve that? Republicans arrested someone right? Wasn’t just totally made up??
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hey, whatever happened with those “teachers are putting litter boxes in schools because kids identify as cats” things? We solve that? Republicans arrested someone right? Wasn’t just totally made up??
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I am reminded of an urban legend of a woman who gets back at her ex and his new girlfriend by putting prawns in a tubular curtain rail. They never find the source of the stench so move house. The punch line is that they are observed loading the curtain rail into the removal van.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I am reminded of an urban legend of a woman who gets back at her ex and his new girlfriend by putting prawns in a tubular curtain rail. They never find the source of the stench so move house. The punch line is that they are observed loading the curtain rail into the removal van.
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Cannock Chase is notorious for its modern folklore, a lot of which has been hyped up by grifters, but wild man and British big cat stories are common. I've always see big cat stories as a modern version of black dog phenomena, and if you look you will find accounts stretching back over 100 years
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cannock Chase is notorious for its modern folklore, a lot of which has been hyped up by grifters, but wild man and British big cat stories are common. I've always see big cat stories as a modern version of black dog phenomena, and if you look you will find accounts stretching back over 100 years
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Currently feeding my longest held interests by reading Adam Allsuch Boardman's An Illustrated History of Urban Legends. It seems to be the best distraction from the world right now.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Currently feeding my longest held interests by reading Adam Allsuch Boardman's An Illustrated History of Urban Legends. It seems to be the best distraction from the world right now.
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In 1987 ontstond er een urban legend over pedo clown in Nieuwe Pekela. Ik heb de indruk dat de overal verschijnende drones bij vliegvelden een hoog Pekela-gehalte hebben.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In 1987 ontstond er een urban legend over pedo clown in Nieuwe Pekela. Ik heb de indruk dat de overal verschijnende drones bij vliegvelden een hoog Pekela-gehalte hebben.
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my dad told me that there were blind albino alligators in the nyc sewer system when I was inappropriately young and I believed him until I was well into my 20s because i was a child who didn’t expect her father to amuse himself by telling vaguely plausible lies to children
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
my dad told me that there were blind albino alligators in the nyc sewer system when I was inappropriately young and I believed him until I was well into my 20s because i was a child who didn’t expect her father to amuse himself by telling vaguely plausible lies to children
Wearing pajamas inside-out, putting silverware under pillows, throwing ice cubes at trees: the folk rituals of American children (and adults) to insure a coming snowfall (The Bridgewater [NJ] Courier-News, 3 January 2006) …
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Wearing pajamas inside-out, putting silverware under pillows, throwing ice cubes at trees: the folk rituals of American children (and adults) to insure a coming snowfall (The Bridgewater [NJ] Courier-News, 3 January 2006) …
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I keep seeing Brooklyn Reddit posts with people talking about grapes and chocolate being left outside to hurt dogs. It seemed like sort of an urban legend. Just pulled this off the street. What is wrong with people?
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I keep seeing Brooklyn Reddit posts with people talking about grapes and chocolate being left outside to hurt dogs. It seemed like sort of an urban legend. Just pulled this off the street. What is wrong with people?
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😍😍 hab noch einen billo adventskalender ergattert mit den coolen nicht-ai bildern wo es in der kindheit die urban legend gab dass in der schokolade rinderblut ist
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
😍😍 hab noch einen billo adventskalender ergattert mit den coolen nicht-ai bildern wo es in der kindheit die urban legend gab dass in der schokolade rinderblut ist
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At my school there was an urban legend that a kid died of heat stroke in the burger man’s mouth jail and they had to scrape his body off the scalding iron bars like burger meat stuck on a grill
Pretty plausible tbh, it was the 80s
Pretty plausible tbh, it was the 80s
Some of my core childhood memories are from the time I spent in Burger Jail. Southern California sun beating down on the metal bars, his hot head roasting its prisoners (food?) alive.
June 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It looks like burglars have started marking up local buildings with chisels instead of chalk, which can be washed away. I've made sure to post this to our local Facebook groups so everybody can be aware...
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 9:32 PM
(For a version from 2018, see www.vice.com/en/article/c...)
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Ok Bluesky nature peeps, help me out with a discussion on FB.
The claim is that several places (PA, VA, MI, Chicago) have “released” coyotes to deal with cats, raccoons, deer, etc. Yet no documentation is ever cited. I say “urban myth” but does any have a source that says different?
The claim is that several places (PA, VA, MI, Chicago) have “released” coyotes to deal with cats, raccoons, deer, etc. Yet no documentation is ever cited. I say “urban myth” but does any have a source that says different?
December 3, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Ok Bluesky nature peeps, help me out with a discussion on FB.
The claim is that several places (PA, VA, MI, Chicago) have “released” coyotes to deal with cats, raccoons, deer, etc. Yet no documentation is ever cited. I say “urban myth” but does any have a source that says different?
The claim is that several places (PA, VA, MI, Chicago) have “released” coyotes to deal with cats, raccoons, deer, etc. Yet no documentation is ever cited. I say “urban myth” but does any have a source that says different?
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Tenjō Kudari - 天井下 - [Yokai] - a yokai that pops out and hangs down from the ceiling of old homes in an attempt to terrify the unsuspecting. - Supposedly the result of urban legends about bodies & corpses being hidden in the crawl spaces of old/abandoned places! samkalensky.com/products/ten...
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Tenjō Kudari - 天井下 - [Yokai] - a yokai that pops out and hangs down from the ceiling of old homes in an attempt to terrify the unsuspecting. - Supposedly the result of urban legends about bodies & corpses being hidden in the crawl spaces of old/abandoned places! samkalensky.com/products/ten...
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Are there any legends or myths from your home town?
I grew up in St Andrews and this is about Patrick Hamilton who was burned at the stake in front of St Salvator's Chapel.
His face appeared on the wall as he died.
And legend is if you stand on his initials you will fail your exams.
I grew up in St Andrews and this is about Patrick Hamilton who was burned at the stake in front of St Salvator's Chapel.
His face appeared on the wall as he died.
And legend is if you stand on his initials you will fail your exams.
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Are there any legends or myths from your home town?
I grew up in St Andrews and this is about Patrick Hamilton who was burned at the stake in front of St Salvator's Chapel.
His face appeared on the wall as he died.
And legend is if you stand on his initials you will fail your exams.
I grew up in St Andrews and this is about Patrick Hamilton who was burned at the stake in front of St Salvator's Chapel.
His face appeared on the wall as he died.
And legend is if you stand on his initials you will fail your exams.
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“Faxlore” is even its own subcategory within folkloristics. A lot of folks within a few years of my age may remember childhood warnings about “blue star acid” or “Mickey Mouse acid,” which was a prominent example of faxlore urban legend / misinformation
There was a time when people shared “click bait”-type misinformation… by fax (and before that, by photocopier)
The social, psychological, and storytelling dynamics were similar; the distribution speed was different
The social, psychological, and storytelling dynamics were similar; the distribution speed was different
November 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM
“Faxlore” is even its own subcategory within folkloristics. A lot of folks within a few years of my age may remember childhood warnings about “blue star acid” or “Mickey Mouse acid,” which was a prominent example of faxlore urban legend / misinformation