Urban legends?

delricyo wrote: »

My favourite is the one about the babysitter getting the weirdo calling her when she is on her own in the house. She rings the police and they tell her its an internal call ...

I'm pretty sure that's a movie, "When a Stranger Calls" ?

The one with the babysitter told the parents that the kids were alright when they came home but that lifesize clown doll in the bedroom freaked her out, but they didnt have a lifesize clown in the kids bedroom.Some thing like that, it scared the ****e of me when i was younger anyway.

steddyeddy wrote: »

One she used tell me was about the pig woman of the rotunda hospital. The story goes that a rich woman was asked by a gypsy woman for money for her child. The wealthy woman who was pregnant at the time said to the beggar "go away you pig". The woman later gave birth to a "pig faced woman" and out of guilt founded the rotunda hospital.

My mother had a similar story but it was about the Shirley family of Carrickmacross. One of the ladies of said family was pregnant and while out in her carriage one day passed a beggar woman with 10 kids. "Oh, look at the sow with her litter!" she exclaimed. So, of course the beggar woman cursed her and she gave birth to a son with a pig's trotter in place of a hand.
And everyone knew the story was true because the son always wore long leather gloves when in public.

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Not sure if anyone here is familiar with The Lough in Cork but my Nana told me that there was once an underground castle where the Lough is situated, with a surrounding. There was a Princess living in the castle, and when the Prince ran away (!) she cried so much it flooded the castle and the village and that's how the Lough came to be :pac:

I heard t'was a blocked toilet that caused the Lough.:pac:

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Lads at a party in some apartment doing drink and drugs. They're taking turns on some girl in the bedroom. One lad goes in and starts riding her dodgey. She turns around and its his sister so he jumps out the window

Riding your sister would count as a dodgey one I guess...... :pac:

delricyo wrote: »

Also heard this from a friend about his friend ....

Thought it was true until I read it on AH
He got lucky in a niteclub with a member of the travelling community. Went back to hers where he was instructed to "Lob it in there, boss" :eek:

Heard something similar was more like
' no messin about just Horse it into me'

steddyeddy wrote: »

If anyone is familiar with Mt Jerome cemetery in harolds cross you may be familiar with many of the legend that it was built by a freemason. Im not sure how true it is but It is a very strange cemetery. My Gran is buried there and I noticed some of the older tombs have images of a skull surrounded by a pentagram. Seriously creepy place!

That's one creepy creepy place. The place is ancient. It would take serious amount of money to spend a night there! Lots of anti social behaviour in it too!

Merch wrote: »

Or the one where a person (usually a woman) driving along a country road, stops as there is a person laying in the road, turns out it is a dead dog dressed in clothing, freaks them out so they head on.....



That is creepy now! :eek:

mauzo wrote: »

Ugh I remember that one...

NOt going to sleep tonight now

A teen female was babysitting for a wealthy family with a very large house, location - Newport Beach, California.
The parents planned on dinner out and a late movie. Wanting to ease the babysitter's concerns about being in such a large house, the father directs that the babysitter use a certain tv room after putting the kids to bed, so she can hear the kids easily should they awaken before the parents' return. After the parents leave, the babysitter visits with the children, and they all share a nice supper that was prepared ahead of time by the kids' mother. Afterward, the babysitter spends time with the kids doing various activities before their bedtime. Nothing is amiss and all are having a pretty good time and enjoying each other.

After the babysitter puts the kids to bed, she goes downstairs to the room mentioned by the father of the household. She understands that this is the best room to be in so that she can hear the children should they stir in their sleep and need her to come and comfort them, but she is bothered by the clown statue in the corner of the room. To her, it is very unnerving! She tries to ignore the clown statue and watches a little television, but finally, her nerves get the better of her and she dials the father's cell number. She knows she shouldn't disturb the couple she is babysitting for, but under the circumstance, she felt it best to phone and ask permission to go against the prior directions to stay in the father's room of choice. Perhaps he would be able to suggest a similarly convenient place in the home for listening for noise from the children. Of course, she also wouldn't want to get in trouble for directly disobeying, either.

When the father answers his cell phone, the babysitter asks, "Would it be alright with you if I find a different place in the house to sit - or if I go read quietly with the little lamp in one of the kids' rooms while I wait for you to get home?" When the father asks if it might not be better for her to just read from the tv room, she admits, "I know this sounds very silly, but I'd rather read upstairs and don't mind not watching tv until you get home because this big clown statue in the TV room is really creepy!"
Immediately, the father says, "Go upstairs, get the kids - quickly - " and he outlines a quick route through the large house to the back door. "Go directly to the neighbor's house - phone me once you're there - go do this now!" Alarmed, the babysitter asks, "Wow, what's going on?" The father just repeats, "Go now, follow my instructions exactly - go!" The babysitter does exactly as instructed, and once she gets the kids to the neighbor's house, she calls the father back. "What was all that about" the babysitter asked. "We do not own any kind of clown statue!" the father replied. "I have already phoned the police and they are on their way over to the house...you stay put with the kids - we are on our way to meet you at the neighbors."