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Urban Legends.

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LordOfThe5Rings · 03/08/2012 23:23

I know I've been hogging the boards the last few days, but I don't care :P Just been curious on other peoples opinions on things.

I didn't know where to put this, so I apologise if it's in the wrong category.

I was wondering what everyones favourite Urban Legend/Cautionary Tale was. I have been fascinated in them for pretty much forever, due to so many meanings and of course expressing the nations fears.

So what are your favourites? Feel free to share the UL with us! :)

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DeathByChocolate01 · 11/08/2012 23:12

Possibly the scariest thing I've ever read on MN was the person on the paranormal thread in AIBU who had been trapped in her bedroom while someone/something banged around downstairs, and heard a man laughing while she was on the phone to the police... absolutely terrifying. I'm looking for the link.

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 23:07

Oooh aaaand?

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BlackOutTheSun · 11/08/2012 23:03

Fucking Hell Shock

MyinnergoddessisatLidl · 11/08/2012 23:00

Creepy story 1:

I once lived in a ground floor flat in south London. One really hot Sat afternoon I'd been out at a local pub garden. Came back about 8pm for a nice bath and a bit of telly. Got out of bath, felt a bit hot and sleepy. I remember going into the bedroom and opening the sash window a couple of inches. Sat on the bed and started reading Grazia in my towel to dry off a bit. Dozed off....

Woke up a few hours later (lights on, towel had fallen off) as the wood blind in my bedroom was clanking in the frame. Glanced over as I thought the wind had picked up a bit and saw a pair of gloved hands, one holding a stone candle holder from my windowsill, the other trying to slip the catch on the inside window (I had secondary upvc glazing to block out the noise and cold).

I was clearly visible from the window. I panicked and pretended to shout for someone in the other room in a really angry voice. The hands went back out. I grabbed my towel up and ran to the window and slammed it really hard. Ran to the door and double locked it.

Called 999 and was told it was a peak time and I'd have to wait 45minutes for a response. I was terrified to go outside incase someone was waiting in the open hallway. I had already screamed at the top of my voice and no one had tried my door or called to me. Both my neighbours were in their 80's anyhow, so not much help.

My best friend didn't answer her phone...so I just sat in the locked house waiting for the police with a knife. Sad

The police came 2 hours later.....

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 22:59

Good point :o

Are any of us, alone?

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 22:50

:o

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butisthismyname · 11/08/2012 22:44

oh god. I'm alone downstairs..

BlackOutTheSun · 11/08/2012 22:37

Looks like a person standing the the left

butisthismyname · 11/08/2012 22:29

Ican't see anything in the air crash photo :( can someone point it out??

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 22:20

SmileGrinSadWinkAngryEnvyBlush

Any creepy stories to share? :)

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 22:13

Boo.

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HarlettOScara · 11/08/2012 16:19

I'm in

HarlettOScara · 11/08/2012 16:18

We used to have the crying boy picture in our house I'm the 70s/80s. It went on a skip because it was fugly considered bad luck.

I also have a large black dog but he's a bastard and more likely to steal your kebab than see you home safely

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 16:10

Ooh ghost dogs :)

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LordOfThe5Rings · 11/08/2012 14:54

Pissy :)

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PissyDust · 11/08/2012 13:37

I have sat and read the who.e thread.

I even screamed out loud when DC knocked on the window when playing I the garden!!

SPsFanjoSponsorsTheOlympics · 11/08/2012 13:12

box no thanks! Kill it with fire!

I don't know why it creeps me out so much but it does.

IShotJR · 11/08/2012 13:10

I'm googling alot of things that are going to keep me awake tonight!

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whatkungfuthat · 11/08/2012 13:06

crying boy cursed picture this is the fire one

The ebay painting didn't scare me, unless I haven't seen the right link. Maybe perhaps the artist is still alive.

Cherubim · 11/08/2012 12:17

Bloody hell, I'm pretty hardcore, but those stickmen proper creeped me out last night... I went out to the shed for a cigarette before bed and I was really paranoid

SPsFanjoSponsorsTheOlympics · 11/08/2012 11:53

Isn't there a picture that is known to cause house fires or something?

My nanna had a picture of a girl stood in a corner upset with a lassie type dog sat with her. It used to creep me out!

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