Fenderman Posted April 27, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 27, 2013 What urban legends have actually been proven to be true in the past? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 27, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 27, 2013 What urban legends have actually been proven to be true in the past? Surely if they have been proven to be true they aren't, by definition, urban legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenderman Posted April 27, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Surely if they have been proven to be true they aren't, by definition, urban legends. Well urban legends from the past have been proven true and are no longer urban legends? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freetoroam Posted April 27, 2013 Popular Post #4 Share Posted April 27, 2013 The Legend: A couple checks into a hotel and have to put up with a foul odor in their room all night. They call the staff to complain and somebody figures out the stench is coming from the bed. Now, there's no way that scenario is going to have a good ending. You're almost hoping at that point that it'll turn out the last guest just got drunk and pooped behind the headboard. But, no, the staff take off the mattress and discover the couple has been sleeping over the rotting body of a dead girl who had been stuffed in the box spring. The Truth: This actually happened in Las Vegas. Also, Kansas City, MO and Atlantic City, NJ and several times in Florida and California and, well, let's just say that in or under the bed in a hotel room seems to be a fairly popular destination for the recently deceased. It makes sense if you think about it. The closet and under the bed are the two most popular places to hide just about anything, so it's not surprising a hell of a lot of corpses end up there as well. In fact, the odds are pretty good that at least once a guy has killed a prostitute, tried to stuff her under the bed, only to find there was already a body there. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 27, 2013 #5 Share Posted April 27, 2013 The Legend: In parts of South America people tell the tale of the fearsome Pishtacos, shadowy figures who stalk peasants along dark roads, kill them and drain them of their fat. Stories of these cholesterol-laden vampires are hard to believe -- Anne Rice and Stephanie Meyer taught us anything, it's that vampires spend most of their time shirtless. How are they going to maintain rippling, six pack abs if they spend all their time drinking liquid fat? The Truth: When police arrested the gang which operated deep within the jungle highlands of Peru, they made some grisly discoveries -- a pile of human ribs and thighbones, a decomposing human head, and yes, two plastic Coke bottles filled with what appeared to be human fat. It seems the gang would confront people along the quiet back roads, lure them to their laboratory, bludgeon them to death, dismember them, and then using candles render the fat out of the body, which they captured in a basin below. But what do you do with a bottle of human pan drippings? The police at first claimed they were selling the fat to cosmetics companies to be used in anti-aging creams. According to the BBC, the liquid fat went for $15,000 per liter on the black market. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenderman Posted April 27, 2013 Author #6 Share Posted April 27, 2013 The Legend: In parts of South America people tell the tale of the fearsome Pishtacos, shadowy figures who stalk peasants along dark roads, kill them and drain them of their fat. Stories of these cholesterol-laden vampires are hard to believe -- Anne Rice and Stephanie Meyer taught us anything, it's that vampires spend most of their time shirtless. How are they going to maintain rippling, six pack abs if they spend all their time drinking liquid fat? The Truth: When police arrested the gang which operated deep within the jungle highlands of Peru, they made some grisly discoveries -- a pile of human ribs and thighbones, a decomposing human head, and yes, two plastic Coke bottles filled with what appeared to be human fat. It seems the gang would confront people along the quiet back roads, lure them to their laboratory, bludgeon them to death, dismember them, and then using candles render the fat out of the body, which they captured in a basin below. But what do you do with a bottle of human pan drippings? The police at first claimed they were selling the fat to cosmetics companies to be used in anti-aging creams. According to the BBC, the liquid fat went for $15,000 per liter on the black market. Creepy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 27, 2013 #7 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Creepy I read an awful story in an urban legends book about a couple in China who had gone into a restaurant, the woman went to the toilet and never returned, after frantic searching she was not found. Years later she was spotted by a family friend in a traveling circus performing as a human freak, she had no arms, legs or tongue. I do not know if it was a true story about people being snatched and so hope it was not, but somehow it would not surprise me if it were true, we hear some pretty awful stomach churning stories today now that we have global media which bring us stories from even the remoted villages. Edited April 27, 2013 by freetoroam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseCuster Posted April 28, 2013 #8 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Without linking to reliable sources for 'true' urban legends, they just sound like typical urban legends - very interesting stories entirely lacking in verifiable facts. Here's a link to a BBC article about the fat for cosmetics murderes in Peru - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8369674.stm Edited April 28, 2013 by Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 28, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Without linking to reliable sources for 'true' urban legends, they just sound like typical urban legends - very interesting stories entirely lacking in verifiable facts. Here's a link to a BBC article about the fat for cosmetics murderes in Peru - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8369674.stm Thanks for putting up link to prove it is a verifiable fact. Here is a link to another story about the circus which is true. http://www.circopedia.org/The_Indian_Circus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midyin Posted April 28, 2013 #10 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Goliath Bird Eating Spiders were once though to just be a legend... The idea of a spider 12 inches around that pounded on passing birds sounded like a completely absurd notion, but now they are recognized as an actual species tarantula... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted April 28, 2013 #11 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Goliath Bird Eating Spiders were once though to just be a legend... The idea of a spider 12 inches around that pounded on passing birds sounded like a completely absurd notion, but now they are recognized as an actual species tarantula... Not sure of a legend, people knew spiders grew bigger than today, not sure if that is a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midyin Posted April 28, 2013 #12 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Not sure of a legend, people knew spiders grew bigger than today, not sure if that is a legend Bigger than today? This spider is still alive... Check it out on YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Fly Posted May 9, 2013 #13 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Coke and pork, in my kitchen. True Story.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekelyn Posted May 9, 2013 #14 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (edited) Coke and pork, in my kitchen. True Story.... Do you have a link? I need a link or it's just another Urban Legend. Edited May 9, 2013 by Mekelyn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Smart Posted May 12, 2013 #15 Share Posted May 12, 2013 What urban legends have actually been proven to be true in the past? ufos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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