Best urban legend you ever heard

IvaBigWun

For me its gotta be the one about the dead boy's ghost in the film 3 Men & A Baby.

When it came out a story started to spread like wildfire that a boy used to live in the New York apartment where they filmed the movie. The boy apparently killed himself either with a rifle/shotgun or by jumping out the window he's seen standing near, depending on who was telling the story, and what you see is his ghost.

This rumour was all pre internet and many as a kid, myself included, believed it and many scared ourselves sh!teless by looking out for the "ghost" of the dead kid

He can be seen here @ 34 seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF2f__k0Pnw

It's actually a cardboard cut-out of Ted Danson, whose character in the movie plays an actor. The cut-out is supposed to have been part of an advertising display involving his character. Apparently, there was some mention of it in the original script, but it got left on the cutting room floor.

http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cardboard.jpg

But, for awhile at least, it was a great urban legend

Whats the best one you've heard either as a kid or in recent years?

Dicky Pride

You're some man for starting the threads.

Links234

the most outlandish urban legend I've heard it that you've a big wun :pac:



thought this one was fantastic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3NUtr68-Bo

*Shumai is a type of pork dumpling

Banjo String

In before someone says "KFC burger, instead of mayo, spunk" legend

Del2005

Banjo String wrote: »

In before someone says "KFC burger, instead of mayo, spunk" legend

Or they had to change their name from KF Chicken as they didn't use chickens anymore.

Waitsian

Trainers hanging from some kind of line or tree branch outside a house means there's drugs being sold from there - utter tripe quite frankly.

Some eejit attached a CD to a piece of string and hung it from a tree opposite me (it keeps birds from crapping on your car allegedly?) and now the street residents are up in arms because, they allege, it's a signal for junkies. It's hilarious what people believe.

BillyMitchel

the hanging in the wizard of oz movie is a cracker. The video is good, cant attach on my phone though.

Guy cycles into A&E with a jam jar lodged up his butt, and explains that he accidentally sat on it.

I don't actually think this is an urban legend, since I've heard it from three people who's mothers neighbours cousins husbands brother was the A&E doc that removed it, albeit in three different hospitals in two different countries.

And I know of many people who were on the bus, on many different routes and on many different occasions, when an asylum seeker trying to board couldn't fold their childs buggy, so they abandonded it at the bus stop, explaining rather loudly to everyone - on all these occasions - that the Social Welfare would buy them a new one in the morning.

Why they were getting the bus instead of driving their free car, I'll never know.

Must be true though, I've heard it from several sources, none of whom were racist at all

IvaBigWun

Candie wrote: »

Guy cycles into A&E with a jam jar lodged up his butt, and explains that he accidentally sat on it.

Thats reminded me of the Richard Gere and the Gerbil urban legend :pac:

IvaBigWun

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Thats reminded me of the Richard Gere and the Gerbil urban legend :pac:

I never heard that one and googled it.

Googles three top suggestions were:

Richard Gere and the gerbil
Richard Gere and the dog
Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama

What an interesting life that man must lead

The Backwards Man

There are woman on the internet.

Howard Juneau

The old " Guy wakes up in a bathful of ice missing his liver, or kidneys, spleen, balls," Greatest load of rubbish & people swallowed it, hook line & sinker

sassyj

The child kidnapped in an Irish shopping centre, the centre shut down, and the kid found in the toilets with different clothes on and different hair colour or cut hair. Has apparently happened in several centres, however for some reason has never been on the news or in the papers, hmmm.

Kidchameleon

Maggots in Slimfast springs to mind

sassyj

Also, the frequent "man in a white van" trying to kidnap a child. Gets plastered all over Facebook. You'd think paedophiles would know better than to buy white vans at this stage.

fryup

the lead singer of soft cell > marc almond

who had to get his tummy pumped because it was full of man juice

who the hell make these up??

IvaBigWun

fryup wrote: »

the lead singer of soft cell > marc almond

who had to get his tummy pumped because it was full of man juice

who the hell make these up??

And that's reminded me a certain urban legend about Prince

Howard Juneau

Howard Juneau wrote: »

The old " Guy wakes up in a bathful of ice missing his liver, or kidneys, spleen, balls," Greatest load of rubbish & people swallowed it, hook line & sinker

If you're asleep in a tubful of ice, the hypothermia isn't going to wake you up!

I remember another one my granny loves. Girl goes on holidays and has sex with another holidaymaker every night for two weeks. As she leaves for the airport, he gives her a gift wrapped package and tells her to open it when she gets home.

On arrival home (like anyone would wait that long) she opens said package and inside is a miniature coffin, and inside of that is a note bearing the greeting:

"Welcome to the world of AIDS"

I think this probably did the rounds in the '80's when HIV was the boogeyman under the bed, it's the kind of shocker that my gran loves to repeat in the hope it'll keep everyone pure.:)

fasttalkerchat

sassyj wrote: »

Also, the frequent "man in a white van" trying to kidnap a child. Gets plastered all over Facebook. You'd think paedophiles would know better than to buy white vans at this stage.

The smart ones switched to the red sports car.

fryup

IvaBigWun wrote: »

And that's reminded me a certain urban legend about Prince

ya go on......didn't hear that one

fryup

fryup wrote: »

ya go on......didn't hear that one

He had a rib removed to ...er... increase his flexibility. He wanted to bend forward further, or something.

He has an air about him that makes me believe there might be some truth in that one.:)

DarkJager

Heard one a few times about a guy meeting a Turkish woman in a nightclub. They get chatting and he ends up going back to her place at the end of the night. She straps his hands and legs to the bed and leaves the room to get changed. Then a few minutes later, 3 big black fellas enter the room and have their way with him.

So the moral of the story is, if you're on a night out in Limerick, Cork, Galway, Belfast, London or Amsterdam, don't go home with a Turkish female

evolving_doors

Dark side of the moon album in sync with Wizard of Oz...

the lunatic is on the grass...

fasttalkerchat

Candie wrote: »

He had a rib removed to ...er... increase his flexibility. He wanted to bend forward further, or something.

He has an air about him that makes me believe there might be some truth in that one.:)

Wasn't that Marlyn Manson?

dango

Cow-tipping.

fryup

Candie wrote: »

He had a rib removed to ...er... increase his flexibility. He wanted to bend forward further, or something.

when getting it up the jacksey ??

Howard Juneau

Candie wrote: »

If you're asleep in a tubful of ice, the hypothermia isn't going to wake you up!

I remember another one my granny loves. Girl goes on holidays and has sex with another holidaymaker every night for two weeks. As she leaves for the airport, he gives her a gift wrapped package and tells her to open it when she gets home.

On arrival home (like anyone would wait that long) she opens said package and inside is a miniature coffin, and inside of that is a note bearing the greeting:

"Welcome to the world of AIDS"

I think this probably did the rounds in the '80's when HIV was the boogeyman under the bed, it's the kind of shocker that my gran loves to repeat in the hope it'll keep everyone pure.:)

Yeah, reminds me of the time Vincent Hanley died. An eye condition killed him was what the tv reported
Irish men weren't gay back then, and certainly didn't die of aids dontcha know.

fasttalkerchat

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Wasn't that Marlyn Manson?

Same legend, different target.

fryup wrote: »

when getting it up the jacksey ??

No, for those occasions when he felt the greatest love of all.

KKkitty

Guy goes to house party and in one of the rooms there's a girl having sex with anyone that wants to. Guy decides he wants a go and since it's a dark room he doesn't see her but does the deed and finds out it was his own sister.

Howard Juneau

fryup wrote: »

when getting it up the jacksey ??

No, self fellatio
Probably explains why Cher got 2 ribs taken out

downonthefarm

the superman sweets with the transfers that you licked were meant to be laced with lsd.put there by some evil drug lord

Paddy Cow

Was driving in some random part of American and saw a body lying in the road. Slowed down but felt nervous so didn't stop to help. Looking in the rear view mirror saw the person get up off the road and about 20 others appeared from the side of the road. God only knows what would've happened......

fryup

Howard Juneau wrote: »

No, self fellatio
Probably explains why Cher got 2 ribs taken out

wha is that humanly possible?? even with a rib taken out??

Howard Juneau

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Yeah, reminds me of the time Vincent Hanley died. An eye condition killed him was what the tv reported
Irish men weren't gay back then, and certainly didn't die of aids dontcha know.

Had to google him, before my time. Poor guy looked so sick.

I can't imagine the stigma back then.:(

Paddy Cow

Candie wrote: »

If you're asleep in a tubful of ice, the hypothermia isn't going to wake you up!

I remember another one my granny loves. Girl goes on holidays and has sex with another holidaymaker every night for two weeks. As she leaves for the airport, he gives her a gift wrapped package and tells her to open it when she gets home.

On arrival home (like anyone would wait that long) she opens said package and inside is a miniature coffin, and inside of that is a note bearing the greeting:

"Welcome to the world of AIDS"

I think this probably did the rounds in the '80's when HIV was the boogeyman under the bed, it's the kind of shocker that my gran loves to repeat in the hope it'll keep everyone pure.:)

Reminds me of the woman who was dating an undertaker. She got a rash and went to the doctor. Turns out the rash/disease she had could only be contracted by sleeping with dead people.

hidinginthebush

Marilyn Manson was in the wonder years is a good one. Also the same man threw a puppy into the crowd at a concert and demanded they kill it. Also had a rib removed so he could give himself a blowie.

Who comes up with these?!

Also a brothers girlfriends friend had a pet snake, and let it sleep in her bed, noticed it wasn't eating for a few days, just lying straight beside her in the bed. Went and asked the vet who said the snake was starving and stretching itself out so it could eat her. I believed it at first too!

downonthefarm

Candie wrote: »

Had to google him, before my time. Poor guy looked so sick.

I can't imagine the stigma back then.:(

it was probably more acceptable to be coke fiend back then

The one with the lice/parasite/general disease that can only inhabit dead bodies is a good one.

Howard Juneau

fryup wrote: »

wha is that humanly possible?? even with a rib taken out??

It's possible even without taking a rib out. You're just not trying hard enough!

Sam Kade

Bono gives autograph and Springsteen pays for dinner.
Lucky lotto winner wins by mistakenly changing 1 of his usual numbers :rolleyes:

fryup

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Who comes up with these?!

some saddos with too much time on their hands ??

Paddy Cow

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Reminds me of the woman who was dating an undertaker. She got a rash and went to the doctor. Turns out the rash/disease she had could only be contracted by sleeping with dead people.

Oh I heard that one too!

Stomach turning because it's remotely possible, even if it is total BS.

ardle1

That Mayo would win the All-Ireland in the year 2013.

Waitsian

downonthefarm wrote: »

the superman sweets with the transfers that you licked were meant to be laced with lsd.put there by some evil drug lord

Ice cream vendors were drug dealers was one when we were children in the 70s. This was in Canada mind, and they were teenagers mostly on bikes with the freezer boxes attached. And the crocodiles in the sewers was another. Also remember the scares about men in white vans.

hidinginthebush

Sam Kade wrote: »

Bono gives autograph and Springsteen pays for dinner.
Lucky lotto winner wins by mistakenly changing 1 of his usual numbers :rolleyes:

Reminds me of couple X had their wedding booked, then were offered a huge sum of money to change the date. They obliged and the Beckham's got married in that hotel on their original date... heard that one so many times I can only assume there's more than one extremely wealthy David and Victoria Beckham out there.

Paddy Cow

ardle1 wrote: »

That Mayo would win the All-Ireland in the year 2013.

Too soon

Sam Kade

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Was driving in some random part of American and saw a body lying in the road. Slowed down but felt nervous so didn't stop to help. Looking in the rear view mirror saw the person get up off the road and about 20 others appeared from the side of the road. God only knows what would've happened......

Paddy that's more like a scare at bedtime rather than an urban myth

Dynamo Roller

dango wrote: »

Cow-tipping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27xkt3RQc_c

Shane-KornSpace

Candie wrote: »

Oh I heard that one too!

Stomach turning because it's remotely possible, even if it is total BS.

Its only possible if the Undertaker himself is dead.

Howard Juneau

One I've only recently heard that's bs is the one where you shouldn't go swimming for an hour after eating. Seems it doesn't matter a jot.
Makes sense when you see all these endurance swimmers eating on the go as they cross the channel or beiring straight or whatever.

Also, teenage girls used to be scared witless of going into the water if they were on their period.
It seems fanny eating sharks lurked all over this island just waiting for a bite to eat

Two Tone from Limehouse

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Too soon

A bloke in his stag is stripped naked and handcuffed to a scaffold and his mates leave him there. Then two hippies come along and rape him