The 15 Most Famous Urban Myths in the World
Is Walt Disney's corpse frozen? If we break the chain with the mails what will happen in the end? We present you the 15 most famous urban myths. The mystery, the supernatural events and the secrets that are always revealed catch our attention. That is why there are most urban myths, both modern and old.
What about shaving? What percentage of our brain do we use? See the 15 most famous urban legend
1. Bloody Mary
The story of the bloodthirsty Mary continues to scare children. According to legend, if you turn off the lights, go to the mirror and say "Bloody Mary" five times then Mary's spirit will appear. When the spirit appears it will scratch your eyes. Fortunately, this is just a myth, but good or bad do not try it.
2. The ghost girl who hitchhiked
This urban myth aims to scare children into not hitchhiking. Legend has it that a driver stopped on a deserted road to pick up a young girl who was hitchhiking. When he reached the address he gave him, he went back to say goodbye but the girl had disappeared. The driver went to the girl's house to see what was happening. She eventually learned that she had lost her life in a car accident just where she saw her hitchhiking.
3. Will Walt Disney finally live again?
According to urban legend, Walt Disney's corpse has been frozen so that when technology advances they can bring it back to life. But the truth is that his body was cremated in 1966.
4. Spiders inside your skin?
Spider bites are always scary and can sometimes be dangerous. But the myth surrounding it makes it even scarier. So it is said that if a spider bites you while traveling abroad then spider babies will hatch inside your skin. Fortunately, this is just a myth.
5. The man with the hands-hooks
A couple is driving home and hears on the radio that a man with hooked hands has run out of the psychiatric hospital. As soon as they get home they see that the man was caught in the car and run to be rescued. But the man came back to finish the job he left in the middle. The movie "I know What You Did Last Summer" is based on this story.
6. If you do not publish this article, there will be rain, disasters, etc.
Anyone who deals with the internet is sure that at some point he had received an e-mail chain and if he did not continue it, that is, he did not send the e-mail to others, then something bad would happen to him. However, after several years, everyone who broke the chain can assure you that nothing bad happened. Just delete it and move on with your life.
7. Away from Slenderman
He is not a superhero but a very thin man who kidnaps children. According to legend, any child who saw Slenderman was doomed, as the man kidnapped him and no one ever saw him again. This urban legend started with a photoshop contest on the internet when someone created Slenderman.
8. Stop shaving to get more beard
There are many, especially teenagers, who shave constantly in order to grow more beards. While others do not shave in specific areas because they believe that more hair will come out later. However, the information that when you shave more hair comes out afterwards is nothing but a myth. The hairs may be more "wild" but not more.
9. Do you get AIDS from a syringe?
This myth had caused hysteria and terror as people believed that they could get AIDS if they were pierced by a needle that had been used on someone who was a carrier of the virus. However, research shows that HIV cannot survive outside the human body for more than a few minutes. It is therefore very difficult for someone to be infected by their son with a syringe.
10. Do we use only 10% of our mind?
Various psychics and those who believe in supernatural phenomena have started the rumor that man uses only 10% of his mind, while the remaining 90% remains inactive. However, this information has not been confirmed by scientific research.
11. Pay attention to your kidney
According to this myth, those who travel alone are at risk of losing their kidney. To be precise a stranger catches a conversation with them is quite friendly and invites them to eat or go for a coffee. At the end of the story, however, the traveler wakes up with horrible pains and realizes that he is missing a kidney.
12. Coca-cola can dissolve everything
Coca-cola is accused of being the most unhealthy soft drink. But the accusations do not stop there. According to urban legend, Coca-cola is quite acidic and can break down everything, even our teeth. But the truth is that soft drinks have a very low acid content.
13. The good Samaritan aims at profit
According to this myth there are no good Samaritans but only speculators. In fact, if you help someone on the road then it is quite possible that someone famous will give you a large sum of money or repay the mortgage of your house.
14. Check the rear seats
This particular myth started from the story that a woman had gone to a gas station late at night. Then a worker came and suggested she come to the gas station because a man was hiding in the back seats. So the legend says that many homeless people wait at night in gas stations in order to find the opportunity and drill in the back seats of a car.
15. The deadly game "knockout"
Unfortunately, part of this myth is true. To be precise, there is a game called "knockout" and it invites the player to give a strong punch to a passer-by in order to take him out ... knockout. So far there is no lie as crazy as it sounds. The legend begins when the rumors started that a 60-year-old woman lost her life because of this game. However, the police do not have evidence to prove that such a thing really happened.
