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Canyon Road Urban Legend
Paranormalknowledge.com —
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photo taken from flyrodder.smugmug.comThe Canyon Road urban legend is located in Beemer, Nebraska. As the legend goes, you must go to the golf course towards the gravel road. From the corner of this gravel road and the golf course, you can see a graveyard.At precisely 12:35 A.M., shut the car lights off and honk the ...16 hours ago -
SubUrban Legend - Pigs in San Anselmo
MoreMarin Buzz Home —
Authority: 440
Around the turn of the 20th century, San Anselmo was being overrun by blind pigs—scores of them. These fat and frenzied ungulates were charging all over town and wreaking havoc in all kinds of ways. (Not the least of which was creating an abundance of unwanted fertilizer.) At their wits end, citizens banded together ...4 days ago -
North Rolling Fork River
Paranormalknowledge.com —
Authority: 135
photo taken from freewebs.comNorth Rolling Fork River runs parallel to the town of Bradfordsville, Kentucky. According to legend, in the summer of 1965 several kids of the town heard a strange sound coming from the river.The sound was interpreted as a whip being cast. As the kids went closer to the sound by the river, ...5 days ago -
Obama Exposed As a Fraud
BitsBlog —
Authority: 140
According to urban legend Barack Obama attended and graduated from Princeton and recieved a JD from Havard law School where legend also has that he edited the Harvard Law Review . I say trust but verify. As the assine notion that Obama ever attended college, must less actually graduated, I present, Scott ...6 days ago -
SubUrban Legend - Treasures from Mt. Tam
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Authority: 440
In 1880, Robert Louis Stevenson stood atop Mt. Tamalpais, marveled at the panorama below, then through his spyglass zeroed in on a small mound of land between San Francisco and Oakland. His tour guide whispered, "Sir, thats known as Treasure Island." It was a moment of revelation for the Scottish author, and his ...1 week ago -
The Ivory and Gold Tablecloth – An Old, But Sweet Story
AnneOnLife —
Authority: 131
This was sent to me in an email today. Of course it is one of those chain-mail type emails and I don’t like to pass those on. BUT, this one actually brought tears to my eyes, and whether or not this particular story is true these stories do happen.««««««««««««««««««««««««««««A brand new ...1 week ago -
November 2: Sunset to Sunset
Pax Parabellum —
Authority: 430
Officially the moon turned full at 2:14 EST; therefore, by my reckoning Halloween is really tonight sunset to sunset since that is how the Celts measured days. Frankly I have always be excited by Halloween (Hallows Evening more or less), Samhain. And Samhain is the day (summers end, the end of year) and Gaelic for ...1 week ago -
Mythbusters Science Kit Review
Book Room Reviews —
Authority: 120
Have you ever watched the Discovery Channel’s show Mythbusters? They have come out with a new kit to help teach and encourage children to explore science. We were sent the Weird World of Water kit to test out by Team Mom. My five year old son is a little young, but with dad’s help he still had a lot of fun ...2 weeks ago -
Olmsted Lied, People Laughed:The “Amish Anomaly” hoax
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By David N. Brown This is a PUBLIC DOMAIN document (dated 10/17/09). It may be copied, forwarded, cited, circulated or posted elsewhere. The author requests only that it not be altered from its curreny form. Dan Olmsted’s “big break” for coverage of the vaccine-caused autism coverage was a series of ...2 weeks ago -
SubUrban Legend - Tiburon Ghoulishness
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Authority: 440
In the spirit of the Halloween season, we thought you should know that mummies did exist in the late 1800s in Marin--specifically in Tiburon. (No, not soccer mommies-- mummies .) And these creatures were doing all kinds of ghostly, ghoulish things--you know, like scaring people half to death. Still today, an eerie ...2 weeks ago -
10 Creepy Places in America
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There are just too many creepy places in America for this list to be the top 10, but these 10 destinations are all near the top of the list in terms of all-in-all creep factor. With Halloween fast approaching this list is appropriate and if you live near any of the places you may want [...]2 weeks ago -
AGW has most of the characteristics of an “urban legend”
Talk Stories —
Authority: 151
By Roy Spencer I contend that the belief in human-caused global warming as a dangerous event, either now or in the future, has most of the characteristics of an urban legend. Like other urban legends, it is based upon an element of truth. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas whose concentration in the atmosphere is ...2 weeks ago -
Date-Rape Drink Spiking ‘Myth’
Sinlung —
Authority: 156
‘an urban legend’ Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an “urban legend” fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe. By Stephen Adams A study of more than 200 students revealed many wrongly blamed ...2 weeks ago -
Watch & Listen: Brooding Beats
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Her name is Fan Death . She’s from Canada Original post: Watch & Listen: Brooding Beats2 weeks ago -
An Expensive Urban Legend
Talk Stories —
Authority: 151
Roy Spencer PhD Monday, Oct 26th, 2009 About.com describes an “ urban legend ” as an apocryphal (of questionable authenticity), secondhand story, told as true and just plausible enough to be believed, about some horrific…series of events….it’s likely to be framed as a cautionary tale. Whether factual or not, ...2 weeks ago -
Urban Legends Movie
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Urban Legends Movie , Urban Legend 1998 is a horror film starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart and Robert Englund. The film is based on the premise that a murderer is using the methods of death described in some urban legends as a means to kill their victims. The film was followed by Urban Legends: Final ...3 weeks ago -
Urban Legend Movie ( Judy Collins )
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Urban Legend Movie crocodile needlefish at stephen lynch concerning urban legend movie despite mayumi heene nationality beneath act test considering black And one of most viewed youtube videos: Ask KevJumba pt.3 (Ep. 12) Google say: to the types 1998 Urban Barbara account Director(s) Blanks reviews, I”d horrid, ...3 weeks ago -
Urban Legends Movie
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Authority: 587
Urban Legends Movie , Urban Legend 1998 is a horror film starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart and Robert Englund. The film is based on the premise that a murderer is using the methods of death described in some urban legends as a means to kill their victims. The film was followed by Urban Legends: Final ...3 weeks ago -
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 04
Wakaranai —
Authority: 126
04: 「Urban Legend とある科学の超電磁砲」 Rating: I probably shouldn’t have watched this episode right after the recent Darker than Black episode; the season’s biggest success pitted against it’s most disappointing - I just hope my judgement hasn’t been ...3 weeks ago -
Gang Rumors A Halloween Urban Myth?
Zinc Plate Press Blog —
Authority: 124
A ZPP commenter directed me to snopes.com where the gang initiation rumor is addressed and declared “FALSE.” 2008 Press Conference: “Police Deny Halloween Gang Violence” On Halloween, rumors abound – remember razor blades in the candy. Snopes debuncts poison candy myths as well. Posted in crime, ...3 weeks ago