Urban legends are fascinating.
We can laugh Bigfoot believers and Loch Ness loyalists all we want, but if they prove to be right , we certainly be red in the face.
And it would not be the first time. Here are some urban legends that people once thought were false, but actually ended up being true.
1. The Green Man
If you are west of the Pennsylvania then you can learn about the legends surrounding the Green Man, also known as Charlie No Face.
According to legend, a man with green skin stalked the night because there was too awful to emerge.
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The name of the real man was Raymond Robinson. He was only eight years old when was injured by an electric live wire on the Morado Bridge. His face was permanently marked from that tragic day forward. Robinson lived in Koppel and sold handmade products for a living. Because of its macabre appearance, he was rarely seen during the day. But at night, he would go for long walks along State Route 351, creating The Green Man legend.
2. Elmer McCurdy
Elmer McCurdy was killed in a shootout with police after robbing a train in 1911. throughout the 1920s, sideshows posted what they claim to be the mummified body McCurdy.
in 1976, the body found its way to a long Amusement Park Beach, where it was used as a prop.
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Someone accidentally broke a finger of the body, and to the surprise and horror of everyone around, he found a human bone. The office of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed that he was indeed the body of the thief.
3. The Boy Dog Arkansas
People believe the dog boy from Arkansas kept a secret shelter full of dogs he tortured ... and there are those who believed that man was part canine.
Actually, Gerald Floyd Bettis was a terribly violent monster, both for animals and her parents.
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Throughout her childhood and into adulthood, Bettis imprisoned parents in one room of their own home. He held them there for years. However, he was not arrested for this abuse until her father died.
4. The Legend Of Cropsey
Staten Island was a true bogeyman in the 70s and 80s, and his name was Andre Rand. The vagabond kidnapped and killed children in the region, the creation of the legend "Cropsey".
Parents used to tell their children that "Cropsey get them" if they misbehaved, but this creeping threat was founded in truth.
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Rand worked at a psychiatric facility for children called Willowbrook State School. during his party, five children disappeared but it is possible that he was responsible for more disappearances. Some of the bodies were never found.
5. Suicide confused Decoration
There is a legend that, on Halloween, a house in Delaware was decorated so well, there were rumors that real bodies were used in the macabre display.
as ridiculous and morbid as it sounds, the story is partly true.
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suicide was actually mistaken for a Halloween Decoration gore ... and was ignored for hours. A 42-year-old woman in Frederica, Delaware, hanged himself from a tree. Despite being seen by passers-by, it took three hours for someone to call the police. People later claimed they thought it was a Halloween decoration
It is not unusual for the odd local history to turn into gruesome urban legends - . It makes myths that much more terrifying. Nothing will keep you longer than the night scary story you know is true.
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