Urban Myth made into Movie

[She-ra]

In 2001, a stranger-than-fiction "true story" emerged in local papers about a 28-year-old Japanese woman who flew from Japan to Minnesota and bussed to North Dakota to search for the buried money from Joel and Ethan Coen's 1996 film "Fargo." Her dead body was discovered in the snowy wilderness, making the tale even more intriguing.

As the reports will tell you, Takako Konishi stood out as she wandered around in the snow in a mini-skirt. Between the language barriers and the mysterious map that she carried, rumors started to spread that perhaps she had believed the opening title card to the Coens' film. It reads: "This is a true story."

The only problem was that none of it was true.

Read more here: http://www.newser.com/article/f40560ee151140aebc0a02be9ca00712/review-an-urban-myth-comes-to-life-in-the-haunting-kumiko-the-treasure-hunter.html

[keithisco]

I think it very sad when a person believes Fantasy over Reality....

[Princess Serenity]

Sounds interesting but I won't be seeing the movie.

[DefenceMinisterMishkin]

Did no one tell her it wasn't real?

Awesome film though..

[She-ra]

Yes, it opens your eyes to how media can really affect a person's thinking. Very scary. I might watch it.

[She-ra]

I think it very sad when a person believes Fantasy over Reality....

Yes, I was sad too when I read this. People like THAT should come to sites like this and become "informed"!!! Anyways, interesting.