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Urban Legends

Most versions of the story are told of a .
             tall thin hitch hiker walking down the road until he gets picked up.As .
             the stranger is in the car he stays quiet and doesn't speak until he .
             says ''The end is near'' and disappears right before the drivers eyes.
             Other versions are told of a young girl who does the same thing .
             sometimes the hitch hiker claims ''Jesus is coming again ''right.
             before he goes,but anyway it's told this story is simply a legend .
             that has been passed on and on for many years.
             Many legends include psychotic elderly people who decide to .
             kill people or things.One story is of an elderly woman who decides .
             to dry her wet dog in the microwave(the dog explodes.) Other .
             legends with the elderly include a crazy woman that kills taxi drivers.
             as they pick her up, and old men that eat little children!.
             Many urban legends involve gruesome deaths and murders.This.
             particular legend was supposed to have happened at the University.
             of Illinois campus. A girl got off one evening and made the way to.
             the door where she lived. She and her room mate had an agreement.
             that if either one or them brought a guy back to their dorm,they would.
             put a rubberband on the doorknob.When the girl got to the door, she .
             found a rubberband and walked in without turning on the lights.She.
             heard moving and heaving breathing,so she decided to go right to .
             bed.The next morning the girl woke up only to find her roommate .
             gruesomely murdered. The girl screamed and ran for the door,but .
             before she walked out she looked at the wall.Written in blood was .
             a this message,''are'nt you glad you didn't turn on the lights?''.
             Not all urban legends are completely untrue. There are many .
             things that can be found in movies, cartoons, and shows.One of .
             the most popular known of these can be found in Disney's cartoons.
             Many times what is hidden is something of sexual content. The most.
             explicit of hidden content in the Disney movies,is a scene in the .


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