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We have all heard amazing stories
that happened to someone else - a brother-in-law's friend's
cousin for example. Some of these stories are so familiar and
strange that they have become modern urban myths. The internet
and the wide spread use of e-mail are now giving these myths new
strength.
All the myths appeal to our irrational fears. We all enjoy being
scared a little bit. You may have heard of some of these stories
but don't be frightened. They are all untrue!
Spiders in your
Yucca plant
A woman buys a Yucca
plant for her apartment and
gives it pride of place next to her
bed. When she
wakes the next morning hundreds of baby tarantula
spiders have
emerged from the plant and covered her bed.
Nasty Burglars
A family find their home
burgled one day. They are
so upset that they decide to take a
holiday. They return from their holiday, and send the film from
their camera
to be developed. When the pictures are returned, they
find that the first few were taken by the
burglars.
Body
Snatchers
A businessman goes to a
lounge for a drink at the end of the work day. A person in the
bar walks up as they sit alone and offers to buy him a drink.
This is the last thing the businessman remembers until he wakes
up in a hotel room
bathtub, his body submerged in ice. There is
a note taped to the wall reading, "Do not move - call the
emergency services". A phone is on a small table next to the
bathtub. The businessman calls 911. He is instructed by the
operator to very slowly and carefully reach behind him and feel
if there is a tube protuding from his lower back. The
businessman finds the tube and answers, "Yes". The emergency
operator tells him to remain still, having already sent
paramedics to help. The operator knows that the businessman's
kidneys have
been stolen.
Lethal Payphones
There are
payphones in
your
neighbourhood that either have
poisons or drugs on the keys
that will kill you when you make a call; or have
HIV infected needles in the coin return slot
that will scratch you when you
take your change.
The Car With Its Lights Out
A man is driving along
late at night. He sees a car coming in the other direction
without its lights on. He flashes his own lights at the car
to remind the
other driver
to put their lights on. The other car is being driven
by
a gang. The gang are waiting to shoot the first person who
flashes their lights at them.
Death From Above
There was a person who
was mysteriously killed while walking along a street. The
autopsy revealed that he had been killed by a solid object
falling from above – a piece of
frozen human waste ejected from an aeroplane
flying at 10,000 metres.
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