Myths and legends of North America. American urban legends

Admit that you are still shuddered by memories of scary stories from your youth. Every child has heard stories about maniacs, ghosts and alien abductions. And all these stories are, of course, true, because... Happened to none other than your cousin's girlfriend's friend's friend. Isn't there enough evidence? While you have time and the opportunity, download torrent movies for free and watch horror films, in principle they are no different from these terrible urban legends

10. The Suscon Screamer.

Is there anything more creepy than a dead bride? I think no. Stories about these unfortunate people can be found in any country.

Suscon Road is a road in Pennsylvania, where the Railroad Bridge over the Susquehanna River is also located. There are many legends associated with this place. Locals claim that if you come to this place, turn off the engine, put the keys on the roof of the car and wait a little, then you will be able to see in the rearview mirror the so-called “the Suscan Screamer” (from the English Scream - to scream shrilly; screamer - the one who is screaming).

Most stories boil down to the fact that this is the ghost of a woman who was abandoned right at the altar and who then committed suicide on this bridge. They also say that after jumping from the bridge, she let out a piercing scream.

Another version features a creature with webbed feet, large claws and a huge head. Maybe someone should ask this dead bride what really happened when she sits in the back seat?

9. Lillian Gray.

This story begins with a tombstone that sits in the center of a cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. It "belongs" to a woman named Lillian E. Gray, who died in the 1950s at the age of 77. At first glance, this tombstone is no different from the others, until you come across the inscription “Victim of the Beast 666”.

Now this is alarming.

What could this mysterious inscription mean? Maybe this is some kind of indictment of the believers of one of the most religious cities in the country? Could she have been sacrificed for a satanic cult? Maybe she herself worshiped the devil? Or was she the victim of a witch hunt? But, all these are just rumors that intrigued residents came up with to explain this.

And as always, there will be someone who will come and ruin everything. The inscription was ordered by a paranoid husband who hated the government and blamed the police for his wife’s death. It's hard to say whether this makes the story any less terrible, but that's how it happened.

8. The Stow Lake Ghost.

Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California is known for its paranormal stories. If you believe the locals, then it is teeming with spirits, and you risk bumping into one of them while doing yoga. This park might as well be called “Undead Park.” But one ghost story was especially popular. It was published in the San Francisco Chronicle on January 6, 1908. This is the story of the Stow Lake ghost.

The newspaper publication begins with the name Arthur Pidgin. He was driving along the road, slightly exceeding the speed limit. A policeman stopped him. Arthur said that it was not his fault, he had to drive quickly to leave the lake as quickly as possible. He saw the ghost of a woman. She had long blond hair and no shoes on her feet.

Legends say that she was a mother who lost her child, or even killed her, and then committed suicide. Yeah, of course, it was impossible to come up with a better excuse for my violation...

7. Gates of Hell

Bobby Mackey's Music World is a popular bar in Wilder, Kentucky. The owner of this establishment is country singer Bobby Mackey. Three legends are associated with this place, which have become so popular that the building is put up for sale.

First. There are the gates of hell, which allow demons to enter our world. It is not yet clear why they come. Maybe they really like country music or beer.

As for the other two stories, they are more traditional. The first is about Pearl Bryan, a real-life pregnant woman who was found beheaded in the late 19th century. Her lover Scott Jackson and his friend Alonzo Walling were hanged for her murder.

The second legend is that of a woman named Joanna who is said to have fallen in love with a singer at a club. Her furious father allegedly hanged her lover in the dressing room, causing Joanna to commit suicide by poisoning. Bobby McKay wrote a song about this incident that suggests that the girl is still stalking him in that bar.

6. Patterson Road.

In Houston, Texas, numerous urban legends are associated with memories of the Civil War. One of the creepiest is associated with Patterson Road, which is located next to Interstate 6. All locals agree on one thing, that the ghosts that live there were soldiers civil war. Those who believe this say that if you drive to the Langham Creek Bridge on Patterson Road at night and turn off the lights, you will hear a tapping sound or the car will be engulfed in fog. More skeptical locals point out that parking a car with the lights off on a busy bridge would be a good opportunity to become a ghost yourself.

5. Goat Man

Many stories are often made up by adults to scare children when they misbehave. Anyone who grew up in a Mexican family is familiar with this method of parenting, and many are probably still afraid of El Cucuy (Spanish).

El Cucuy, or boogie man, or more simply “the evil guy”.

The stories seem to have been made up by idiotic older brothers who are always trying to scare the younger ones. For example, the story about the goat man in Beltsville, Maryland. Official version This legend does not exist, but most claim that a scientist from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center experimented on goats. And this somehow led to the fact that he himself partially became a goat, such, you know, a hybrid of a human and an animal.

4. The Snallygaster

In the 1730s, immigrants in Frederick County, Maryland, claimed to have encountered a terrifying creature. Soon after establishing a city on the site, residents began reporting sightings of a beast that was half bird and half reptile with a metal beak and razor-sharp teeth. It also had octopus tentacles, which it used to grab people and carry them away to feed its baby squid lizards.

When you hear this story for the first time without mentioning the nickname of this creature - Snelligaster, you can easily scoff. The plot of this story acquired new details as residents reported their “sightings” from New Jersey to Ohio. But let's not find fault with these states where every second person uses drugs

3. Green man.

This is perhaps the only story on this list that is related to real person with truly horrific details.

In the Koppel, Pennsylvania area, it is easy to spot a horribly disfigured man wandering the dark streets at night. He was nicknamed "Charlie without a face" or "the green man", and everyone has their own story of meeting him.

This is all because he really existed! Raymond Robinson, born in 1910, at the age of eight tried to look into a bird's nest on a bridge but had an accident. He touched a power line, which electrocuted him, causing horrific facial injuries that were permanent.

As it happens, such an appearance caused people to panic, children began to cry, so for almost all 74 years Robinson hid from people at home and went for walks at night. He became a living legend, and some people even went out at night to get a glimpse of him.

2. Dog boy.

Quitman, Arkansas is another place full of ghost stories. Most houses have their own history, and to stand out from “this crowd” you need to try hard. And such a story takes place. Here it is - the legend of the boy-dog.

In 1954, Floyd and Ellyn Bettis had a son, Gerald. By the way, this house is called the Battis house. Those who knew him in his youth claim that he caught dogs and cats, kept them in his home, mercilessly tortured and killed them. But what he is really famous for is the fact that he kept his parents captive in the attic for many years. He was arrested after his father died.

Gerald himself died in prison from a drug overdose. Since then, people have been claiming that things are happening in their home. paranormal activity. Flickering lights, strange sounds and moving objects. Considering Gerald threw his father out of the window, it seems unsurprising that there are ghosts there.

1. Coal Man.

Famous Californian urban legend originates from the Ojai Valley, Park Camp. They say that the spirit of a man who was burned alive lives there, and now he suddenly appears from the forest and attacks cars and tourists. They call him the Coal Man.

There are several versions of the origin of the "coal" man, but they all begin with forest fires that occurred in the park in 1948. The main version is that father and son were held hostage by fire. The father died in the fire, but the son survived. When the rescue team arrived at the scene, they found that the son had suspended his father and pulled off his skin. At the sight of the firefighters, the son disappeared into the forest.

Another story tells about married couple, who also became a victim of the fire, and tells us that the young man, also falling into the power of the fire, suffered greatly and also went crazy, because he could not help his wife, who was screaming for help.

And yet, as usual, people say, if you come to this park, stop on the bridge and get out of the car, the Coal Man will come out to you. A horribly burned man will stumble upon you and try to rip your skin off.

Halloween is a holiday of fun, absurdity and, of course, fear. A selection of tales - urban horror stories that American boy scouts still tell each other around the campfire - will help you not feel like a stranger at this holiday, because an immigrant was frightened by completely different characters in childhood.

Riverdale Road, Colorado

Why is this creepy: Riverdale Road near Thornton, Colorado, stretches for 11 miles (17 kilometers) and is literally teeming with legends that can scare even the most seasoned paranormal investigator. Here we met a ghost runner, a wide variety of demons and even a ghost Chevrolet Camaro. But most strange place here are the "Gates of Hell". This is the name of the entrance to the old estate, where, according to legend, the distraught head of the family burned his wife and children alive. The gate itself has long been demolished, the mansion has turned into ruins, but the ashes are still there. A woman in white wanders around it. And the ghosts of slaves allegedly hanged on a tree here. And even a pack of ghost dogs! Some believe that there is a portal to hell here, which is why so much horror is concentrated in such a small area.

Where did this come from: It is not known exactly when exactly numerous local legends. Given the history of slave spirits, it is logical to assume that creepy things have happened here since the 50s of the 19th century. Every time something else terrible happened, the legend about it added to the list, which eventually became like a horror show in a provincial amusement park.

Mr. Sneeze, Delaware

Why is this creepy: In colonial times, Samuel Chu ( Chew) was a respected man - the chief judge of the state. However, even at that time and in his position, those around him laughed at his last name, pronouncing it like “Sneeze” (“apchhu!” - ah, Chew!). This infuriated the judge so much that even after death he could not calm down, and his spirit still haunts the descendants of his offenders. The ghost appears before his victims in a judge's robe and a starched wig. Those who still find his last name funny have the best chance of seeing him.

Where did this come from: Samuel Chew did serve as chief judge of three counties until his death in 1743. The legends surrounding him so disturbed the people of Dover Green that the ghost was even “buried” in an ornate grave. They say that after this he calmed down, but he can still scare the presumptuous lover of phonetic jokes.

Skunk Ape, Florida

Why is this creepy: The Everglades swamps in Florida are known for a number of nightmarish creatures and phenomena - man-eating alligators, man-eating snakes, car accidents and road robberies, which also cause people to die. However, in these places we also encountered something truly strange: a “skunk monkey.” The height of this relative of Bigfoot is from 1.5 to 2 meters, and its weight is about 200 kilograms. You can tell that a skunk monkey is somewhere nearby by its disgusting smell, reminiscent of rotting meat. Skunk monkeys are said to eat berries and small animals, but they have been known to attack wild boars and destroyed farms. Recently, a headquarters for the search for this mysterious creature appeared in the Everglades. Of course, it is designed primarily for tourists: at the headquarters you can book a safari in the swamps. Who knows, maybe you will be the one to prove the existence of this beast once and for all.

Where did this come from: Nobody knows for sure. Some believe that this is Bigfoot, who, due to the invasion of civilization, left the mountains for the southern swamps, where it is easier to hide from hunters and find food. Others think it is a tale invented by pioneers to scare away strangers from their lands. No matter what you believe, if you're camping in the Everglades and smell a pungent odor, you'll want to be on the lookout. It could be a skunk monkey.

The Curse of Lake Lanier, Georgia

Why is this creepy: The huge man-made lake north of Atlanta is scary for several reasons. An abnormally large number of boats and swimmers sink on the lake, and inexplicable murders regularly occur along its shores. In the early 90s, a car was found at the bottom with the skeleton of a woman locked in it, who disappeared back in 1958. Since then, eyewitnesses have reported ghostly female figure, which can sometimes be seen above the surface of the water. They also talk about a giant catfish that lives in the depths of the lake. It is rumored to be large enough to swallow a dog and even drown a diver.

Where did this come from: The creation of the lake was accompanied by a lot of problems associated with the eviction of families and businesses from the territory, which was transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers for development. The ruins of the previous buildings remained at the bottom. The old cemetery was also flooded, which was partly the reason for the lake’s creepy reputation. Of course, most incidents on the lake occur due to the well-known combination of “drinking + swimming = tragedy” (people go to the lake primarily to have fun). However, many deaths remain unexplained, leading one to believe that there is something sinister behind them.

Ghost Runner from Canyon Hill Cemetery, Idaho

Why is this creepy: There are many rumors about ghosts at the old Canyon Hill Cemetery in Caldwell, Idaho. The most famous of them is "Midnight Runner". This is a legless woman who appears if you park between certain trees near the cemetery. She knocks on the window and then continues her “run,” which looks more like flying. It sounds creepy, but this is far from the worst legend about ghost runners. What about the spirit that shits on lawns?

Where did this come from: The origin is unknown, but given another conspiracy legend according to which the state of Idaho does not exist at all, we can assume that this is another government invention.

Goat Man, Maryland

Why is this creepy: The infamous Goat Man of Maryland is said to do everything you'd expect from a crazy half-human, half-animal: killing teenagers, eating dogs, screaming goat, etc. But the most terrifying aspect is how widespread this legend is. Ministry Agriculture The United States was even forced at one point to publicly deny the accidental creation of such a creature at its research center in Beltsville. Another story about the appearance of the goat man tells of a goat breeder who, upon learning that a group of rowdy teenagers had killed his herd, went crazy and turned into a monster.

Where did this come from: Journalist Karen Hosler from the newspaper first wrote about the goat man Prince George's County News in 1971. The material was devoted to the study of urban folklore of Maryland and was accompanied by the story of one of local families about someone cutting off their puppy's head. Of course, the family - not without a hint from the journalist - blamed the goat man for everything. A month later The Washington Post published a large note dedicated to this legend. The Goat Man instantly became famous throughout the country. The legend about him remains one of the most popular in the United States. The Goat Man is regularly “meeted,” and notes about him, sometimes incredibly detailed, appear in the Maryland press to this day.

Vampire Saint Germain, Louisiana

Why is this creepy: When it comes to scary things, Louisiana doesn't just rely on voodoo, ghosts and Woody Harrelson's accent in the show True Detective. Jacques Saint-Germain, like any self-respecting vampire, seduced young girls and drank their blood. According to one version, he was born in early XVIII century. According to another, he lived since the time of Jesus. After his "death" in 1783, he appeared here and there throughout Europe until he moved to New Orleans in 1902. Rumor has it that he still plies his murderous deeds in the city's French Quarter, but now calls himself Jack.

Where did this come from: The Comte de Saint-Germain was a real person, an alchemist and a real snob from high society, who was friends with all the celebrities of his time. He communicated with Louis XV, Catherine the Great and Voltaire. The latter called him “an immortal man who knows everything.” He was even suspected of a series of murders. Besides, he never ate in public. In the 1970s, French showman Richard Chenfray declared that he was the immortal Saint Germain. However, less than 10 years later Chenfrey died of a drug overdose. Or not?

Dog Boy, Arkansas

Why is this creepy: This character's name may sound stupid. However, you will not be laughing if in the town of Quitman, Arkansas, you suddenly see the silhouette of a 140-pound half-man, half-beast with glowing eyes in the window of house 65 on Mulberry Street. In this case, it is better to get out of there as soon as possible, because he has a habit of chasing people on the street, biting their legs like a dog.

Where did this come from: Real story, which is behind this legend, is much darker. Gerald Bettis, the only son of the Bettis family at 65 Mulberry Street, was always a troubled child. But not like in the movie “Problem Child.” As a child, Bettis tortured animals (hence his nickname, Dog Boy). As he grew older, his sociopathy spilled over into his elderly parents. He did not let them leave the house. Rumor has it that he killed his father. Bettis was eventually arrested for growing marijuana in his backyard. He died in prison from a drug overdose in 1988.

Hell's Bridge, Michigan

Why is this creepy: The Michigan legends of Detroit's Red Dwarf or the Dog Warriors are no match for the story of Elias Friske, the crazy old preacher who is said to have tortured children in the woods that are now the site of Algoma. He kept his victims tied up and killed one by one. The remains were drowned in Cedar Creek. When the parents of the victims caught him, he said that he was possessed by demons. This did not stop his parents from hanging him. Hell's Bridge is a narrow crossing over a stream in the middle of the woods. Those who dare to cross it at night can hear the screams of the victims of the mad preacher, and sometimes see his black figure with glowing eyes.

Where did this come from: There is no record of Elias Frisk in official state records, although such a family is known to have lived here in the early 1910s. However, everyone who has been on the bridge agrees that there is something there - and it most often makes itself felt at night.

Area 51, Nevada

Why is it (still) creepy: The story of Area 51 has been retold (sometimes in a humorous way) so many times that it has become forgotten how alarming the whole situation looked in the very beginning. However, government silence, dead aliens and sinister experiments in desert Nevada look more disturbing than the movies about it. There is a lot of speculation about what is really going on at Area 51. They talk about time travel, genetic experiments, and autopsies of aliens. However, no one except the authorities knows the truth.

Where did it come from: First of all, it is worth remembering that Area 51 really exists. This is a well-equipped military base in southern Nevada. However, its purpose is unknown to anyone. At the beginning cold war In the 1950s, President Eisenhower approved a plan to build the first aircraft based on stealth technology, the U-2. The laboratories and test airfield were located in the area that later became known as Area 51. The experimental plane resembled a UFO. Locals who saw his flights, of course, built theories about him extraterrestrial origin, which immediately hit the press. The scandal was further fueled by news of a “UFO crash” in Roswell. Since then, Area 51 has been the center of conspiracy theories around the US government.

Watermelon Heads, Ohio

Why is this creepy: The name "Watermelon Heads" could be a good name for a dessert. However, the legend behind this name is much darker: it talks about pale, sick children who were subjected to genetic experiments. It is believed that they have huge heads and sharp teeth, perfect for tearing babies (and maybe you). Doesn't sound like dessert at all.

Where did this come from: Similar stories exist in Michigan and Connecticut, but Ohio's version is the darkest. According to this legend, the “Watermelon Heads” are the adopted children of a certain doctor who tested new surgical and pharmaceutical treatments on them. It didn't turn out very well. Now the test subjects hunt in the forests of Kirkland, ready to flay the skin of any random passerby. According to other versions, children simply run away when they see strangers. Finally, some consider them to be ordinary ghosts. One thing is for sure: one super-low-budget horror film was made based on this legend.

Hobo Sam, South Dakota

Why is this creepy: In December 2014, a wave of suicide attempts swept across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota - a total of 103 cases occurred. The incident is associated with the legend of Hobo Sam. Teenagers who attempted suicide reported that a tall and thin figure, who called herself Sam, and demanded to kill herself. A year earlier, five members of the Oglala Sioux tribe committed suicide. In 2015, the head of the tribe published in Facebook photo from a local forest with already prepared loops on the trees. This is how the plan for mass teenage suicide was revealed.

Where did this come from: The figure of Hobo Sam also refers to the legends about the Boogeyman, which still work today - just remember the Slenderman hysteria in 2008. The idea of ​​the “shadow people” is also so old that it is difficult to find its origin. However, Hobo Sam himself is a relatively new local legend of the Lakota and Dakota Indian tribes. Journalist Peter Matthiesen first wrote about Sam in 1980 in his article “The Spirit of the Crazy Horse.” According to the material, Sam was first seen by Indians from the Sioux and Little Eagle tribes. The Tramp is sometimes called taku-he or "Bigfoot with a Straw Hat."

Rabbit Bridge, Virginia

Why is this creepy: This legend is fun to retell at night around the fire, but real events who stand behind her are truly frightening. In the 1970s, police repeatedly reported people being threatened by an axe-wielding man dressed in a bunny suit. Some eyewitnesses said that he threw his ax at them. There are still frequent reports of dead rabbits being found in the woods around the Fairfax Bridge, also known as the Rabbit Bridge. They also talk about a man in white who was seen under the bridge.

Where did this come from: According to legend, in 1904, a group of prisoners were transported by bus from a mental hospital in Clifton, Virginia, to a nearby prison. On the way, the bus overturned, many prisoners died, but some managed to escape. The next day, the police began searching for the fugitives, and caught all but one. During further searches, police began to find gnawed carcasses of rabbits in the woods near the Fairfax Bridge, but they were unable to catch the one who ate them. A year later, on Halloween night, a group of teenagers went under a bridge to spend time away from their parents. The next morning they were found hanging from the bridge supports. Since then, it has been believed that anyone who finds themselves under the bridge that night will face imminent death.

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Americans are such tall, blue-eyed people who always smile from ear to ear.

Lies. In California, there are 50% Chinese, 10 percent Indians, 10% Mexicans, as well as a bunch of Filipinos, Malaysians, Afro-miners, Russian-speaking Jews, and so on, a little of everyone. In other states, I think it’s about the same, but I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the statistics. In this connection, a girl who says that she is “going to marry an American” can easily end up, according to the laws of probability, with a short, ugly Chinese man with crooked legs.

In general, America is a country of immigrants in the full sense of the word. Everyone who is not too lazy comes here, so I am frightened by the statements of some individuals that, they say, “nobody likes Americans, it’s time to kill all the Americans.” Americans are you and me, Dear friends, those who crossed the ocean and settled abroad.

Americans are stupid, it’s unclear how they flew into space

No, citizens, Americans are not stupid. I saw here a lot of former teachers from Moscow State University, Novosibirsk State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and other universities and academies. They move here in entire departments, as soon as one breaks through here, he begins to drag all his colleagues and friends here. I think the situation with scientists and other figures from other countries is completely similar. Now, instead of sitting in offices with shabby walls and smoking Belomor, they sit here and develop networks, new technologies and hardware.

America generally behaves appropriately towards scientists. Nuclear physicists, for example, are given green cards without questions, a loan for a house, and in general they are encouraged in every possible way to move here, because otherwise they could flee to a worse country, for example the DPRK, or even worse - to some Pakistan. I think with other promising industries the solution is approximately the same.

America has everything

Yes it's true. With one caveat - Mass culture It’s quite bland here, because it’s necessary to satisfy the masses.

For example, the famous joke "When do you get your first strawberry? At 6 o'clock" has two points. Yes, indeed, you can buy strawberries not even at 6 in the morning, but even around the clock, but when you eat them, they will have no taste and will crunch in your mouth like a cucumber. But it looks like a strawberry. Berry to berry, all lying with cuttings in one direction, in a box, in neat rows. The same applies to peaches, coconuts (with a clear sweetish liquid inside), apricots, shrimp, lobsters and other foods.

The concept of "mass culture" is not only food, it is films, mugs, plates, shoes, pillows and everything else. There is a fairly simple explanation for all this - we need to feed the people with all of the above, and this is being done successfully. Growing in fresh water pools, tons of future shrimp with white meat, the taste no different from hydroponic strawberries, are made in batches on the day of the shameful TV series “A Woman Named Nikita”, from which film only the word “Nikita” remains. And so on. People are moving their jaws, looking at their TVs, and have something to do.

But it would be naive to believe that there are no good strawberries in America. There she is! You just need to tear your butts away from the chair, get into the car and drive many miles to the fields where they grow their darling using, albeit artificial, but still crap. Field farmers sell it directly without leaving the beds. And these strawberries will not differ in any way from our dear dacha ones. The same goes for shrimp and everything else.

The problem in America is not that there is something missing here, but that the most desired thing must be found and spent on. great amount time.

Once you get to this mysterious country, all your wishes come true

I've always liked films in which main character throughout the entire series, he looks after some girl, saves her from wild animals, shows her holes on the way and generally protects her in every possible way like a weight in the chamber of weights and measures. At the end of the film, as a rule, there is a fanfare, the man, who managed to grow two days of stubble during filming, finally pulls a ring on his finger, the word “end” flashes and the viewer understands that the guy is definitely finished.

In general, in such films, the preliminary games should be devoted to, well, 5 minutes, while the credits are still crawling, and the film should be shot about those eternal challenges that await a dog and a cat. Not so romantic of course, but about the war. A similar story about America.

I have heard many stories about the hard life of a businessman\scientist\politician\weaver\etc., which usually ended with the phrase “well, he got tired of everything, and he finally left for America.” What is clearly perceived by listeners as climax in the successful destiny of a person.

Pipes! I’ve seen a lot of people here who drive trucks after driving around Moscow in black Volgas with government license plates. Or they had businesses, and then they delivered pizza. Everything just begins after crossing the border. Or, for example, an absolutely wonderful feeling when the date stamped on the visa as the date of mandatory return is approaching, and your client has not yet begun to do anything to extend this visa. Or you are fired and you have to leave the country within 10 days. Or when renting cassettes, they ask you for a credit card as collateral, but you don’t have one, because you don’t have a SSN, which is issued only if you have certain type visas. Or you have a toothache - having your tooth treated costs several thousand dollars without insurance, which you won’t get if you don’t work or come on God knows what visa. And so on.

In general, not getting a visa at the consulate is not the biggest disappointment. Consulates simply save a lot of people from unnecessary suffering.

American women are blondes with big breasts and blue eyes.

I have the impression that in America there is a special committee that at night crushes with tanks newly born girls who are more or less pretty in the face and weigh less than a certain norm. Those who managed to crawl away become by default Hollywood actresses and are not allowed to go beyond the boundaries surrounded by 3 rows of barbed wire. The rest of the children are fed with special low-fat feed additives, as a result of which growing women begin to resemble extinct dinosaurs.

Poor men, lacking specimens for comparison, begin to marry dinosaurs, and the process repeats itself. In general, not here beautiful women. Even the word “beautiful” could probably be removed from the previous sentence.

In America everything is foreign, it’s impossible to get along with your own foundations.

Lies. If you go with such sentiments, then you may not get accustomed. America does not dictate its own rules, well, with the exception of the rules of driving a car and other rules that help society get rid of individuals who will lead this society into a state of imbalance. So if you want to have fun, have fun. If you want to take a hot bath in the summer, when pipes are being replaced in all normal countries, take it.

If you want to shoot a pistol - for God's sake. Just don't infringe on anyone's interests. If you want to sit at home and whine that everything is bad, sit there, no one will come and take you by the hand to where it’s good. If you want to drink vodka with friends from morning to evening and indulge in drunken heart-to-heart conversations - drink, I myself have done this many times.

Do you want to learn to dance? Skiing, skydiving? Everything is here. Take it, develop it, only, of course, here you will have to do everything yourself, where in Russia you are carried adrift due to the fact that you were born and raised and there are a lot of friends here, and often parents who will always help.

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Urban legend (American English urban legend), urban myth is a modern type of legend (myth): a short and, at first glance, plausible, although usually not true, story, based on modern technical and social reality.
NOT TRUE
Worms are added to McDonald's hamburgers for viscosity. McDonald's is the world's largest buyer of cow's eyes; they are used to make milkshakes. In many US states, highway police always carry 2 gallons of Coke in their patrol car to wash off blood from the highway after an accident. Chocolate milk is made from regular milk, rejected by sanitary and epidemiological stations for its high content of cow's blood. A person gets sick, eating a chop in a restaurant; analysis of what was eaten shows that the sauce was made from urine. (This story was about Turkish shawarma in Germany - sperm was found in your shawarma) A man buys a jar of fruit compote in a supermarket and discovers a severed finger in it. Alligators live in the sewers of New York (local option: in the Moscow metro there live rats the size of dogs). The Rottweiler brought by the owners from a walk began to choke; a veterinarian discovered the bitten fingers of a homeless man in his throat. A strange dog purchased by a couple of tourists turned out to be a giant Mexican rat. Domestic version: A spaniel bought at the Kondratievsky or Poultry Market turned out to be a giant Afghan rat trained by terrorists. Poisonous snakes live in the trash heaps of many fast food establishments. Nanny on a drug trip, she confused a child with a turkey and stuck the child in a microwave oven. Several students on LSD looked at the sun until they went blind forever. Drug dealers give teenagers disposable tattoo stickers soaked in LSD. Drug dealers import cocaine into the United States in the gutted bodies of dead babies.( Shown in the spy series "TASS is authorized to declare"). A policeman, while arresting a drug dealer, accidentally eats a whole batch of LSD stamps and goes crazy. Local option. Similar cases often happen to dogs. Stretch jeans strangled the teenager who was wearing them. A woman dies from the bite of a spider that settled in her hair. And there is also a legend that one woman was bitten by a spider, and then there were some missing things in her body there were enzymes there (more likely there were extra enzymes from the spider), and she began to be digested alive. A woman dies after visiting several tanning salons in one day. A man keeps the body of his late wife mummified inside a glass one. coffee table (the legend is based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Vash K.O.). The photo shoot that captured this very table with a body inside turned out to be a fake; in addition, the laws of Great Britain, where all this supposedly took place, prohibit this kind of treatment of the bodies of the dead. There is film showing the panic on board the space shuttle Challenger in the last few seconds before the explosion. A second-level fake, since it was filmed based on a fake transcript of a voice communication channel (or, in other versions, a voice recorder). In fact, despite the fact that the Challenger cabin was practically undamaged when the shuttle was destroyed, the power sources were located outside it, and all cabin equipment simply turned off. Indeed, the version that the astronauts died not when the shuttle was destroyed, but when the cabin hit the water, is now considered almost generally accepted, but there is no direct evidence of this. These conclusions were made on the basis of emergency breathing devices found in the wreckage that were turned on - that is, one of the astronauts remained alive and conscious long enough to turn them on. The man died at his desk, and the employees did not notice this for five days. (according to story by A. Conan Doyle) In the crowd entering the cinema, attackers inject people with blood infected with HIV. A famous fortune teller predicts murders in a college during the Halloween celebration. Child abductors catch their victims in amusement parks and take them outside the park, cutting off and dyeing their hair. Children whose parents leave them in the “children’s centers” of megamalls like “Mega” have one kidney removed for organs. After which they promptly stuff the slightly spoiled spinyfish back into the pool with balls.

IS IT TRUE
A goat that was being beaten by its owner was gored to death. A teenager who pretends to hang himself to scare his friends on Halloween ACCIDENTALLY actually hangs himself. Domestic version: a schoolboy tries to pretend to be hanged in order to blackmail his mother, who has turned off his Internet, and becomes a hero. Two people tear off (break, cripple) each other’s hands during a fist competition. A mangled cactus falls and kills the person who mangled it. Prisoner committed suicide in prison using playing cards. Several people died on Disneyland attractions. A lawyer demonstrating the reliability of windows in a skyscraper breaks through a window and falls to his death. Awarded a Darwin Award. A woman dies while trying to find a bag of money that was buried in the snow by the road in the movie Fargo. A couple finds a dead body in the mattress of a hotel bed. See the movie "Four Rooms." The "Hangman" in the fear room of the amusement park turns out to be a real homeless man who hanged himself. Needles, pins and razor blades were found in apples given to children on Halloween. There is still a place in Disneyland that serves alcoholic beverages .Disney made a cartoon called “The Story of Menstruation.” A man offered girls to appear in pizza commercials, and then lured and raped them. This is true. For example, Robert de Salvo.

1. Chambers Mansion

The Chambers mansion was built in 1887 in San Francisco (California). Its original owner, Richard Chambers, had two nieces who lived with him. One of them was named Claudia. According to stories, she often appears there to this day. Why? This may have something to do with her death. She died because a farm harvester cut her in half. Today this mansion is a hotel. Many guests complain about strange things happening there during their stay.

2. Franklin Castle

Guests at this castle in Cleveland, Ohio, report hearing screaming babies, constant footsteps, and slamming doors. But there is no one there...

3. Amity House

The Amityville House of Horror in Amityville, New York is the site where, in 1974, 23-year-old Ron DeFeo Jr. killed his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters with a shotgun while they slept in their beds at night.

The family who bought the house thereafter said that many creepy things began to happen to them, including mucus oozing from the ceiling, strange odors, moving furniture, swarms of flies in the dead of winter, and constant slamming of doors. Their experiences spawned a book, The Amityville Horror: The True Story, and nine movies. So what about those stories? It turns out they were fictitious. Other people who lived in this house did not notice any supernatural phenomena at all.

4. LaLaurie Mansion

Could the LaLaurie mansion, in New Orleans, Louisiana, be haunting victims of enslavement through torture? In the 1830s, many rumors circulated around New Orleans about torture and ill-treatment with the slaves who worked in this house. The intruder was said to be Madame Delphine LaLaurie, very rich and famous throughout the city socialite. Since then, there has been talk from all sides about ghosts allegedly living in this house.

The Lizzie Borden home in Fall River, Massachusetts is the site of the grisly ax murder of Andrew and Abby Borden on August 4, 1892. To this day, no one knows what really happened. But Lizzie, Andrew's daughter and Abby's stepdaughter, became the main suspect in the crime.

At first she was convicted of murder, but a jury soon acquitted Lizzie. After that, she and her sister moved to live in another place, and the house turned into a small B&B-type hotel (Bed-and-Breakfast - one-night hotels, as we usually call them). As many say, Andrew and Abby are still wandering around the house for over a hundred years. Maybe they are still looking for justice?

6. Myrtles Plantation

Myrtles Plantation, in St. Francisville, Louisiana, is said to be haunted by spirits and ghosts that frequently haunt the plantations and fields. The house itself is now a B&B. Want to visit?

7. Sprague Mansion

The Sprague Mansion is located in Cranston, Rhode Island. A place frequented by the son of the original owner, William Sprague, is Amas. He was beaten and shot on the road between the textile factory he owned and his mansion. People say they heard his voice in the wine cellar. Another ghost, Charlie the butler, was seen walking down the main staircase. He was still upset because he did not marry his daughter to a wealthy landlord.

8. Stranan's House

Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Stranan House is said to be haunted by businessman Frank Stranan, who built it between 1893 and 1906. When Stranan's successful businesses were destroyed by a hurricane, he committed suicide. Having tied himself to the iron gate, he threw himself into the river. Some say they still see him and his whole family walking near the house.

9. White House

Is the White House haunted too? Maybe…

Abigail Adams, wife of second President John Adams, is the "oldest" ghost in the White House. Her underwear has already been seen several times hanging in the East Room of the house. President Abraham Lincoln is also the spirit of this house. Many former presidents and heads of state, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Queen William of the Netherlands, are reported to have seen Lincoln or felt his presence. The queen even fainted when she saw him once.

10. Whaley House

The Whaley House is located in San Diego, California. It is believed to be haunted by "Yankee Jim" Robinson, who was hanged for attempted theft. Thomas Whaley testified against him in court, and some time after the verdict, he bought his property. After moving, he often heard heavy footsteps " big man" According to Thomas, this was Yankee Jim. Tragedies in the family of Thomas Whaley are also associated with the history of the house - his second child died at 18 months from scarlet fever, and his fifth committed suicide in 1885.

11. Winchester House

Winchester's home is located in San Jose, California. It was built over 38 years (from 1884 to 1922) and was intended for Sarah Winchester. The woman claimed that the design was suggested to her by the spirit of her deceased husband. The house design is made in the form of a labyrinth, with twisting corridors, dead ends, and secret places. Everything is designed to scare away and confuse evil spirits.

12. Jenny Wade's House

There are rumors that the ghost of her owner lives in Jenny Wade's house. Jennie is the only civilian killed at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. She died on the final, third day of the battle, after a stray bullet flew through the kitchen door and mortally wounded her.

13. Hull House

Hull's house in Chicago. It is rumored to be haunted by the spirit of the wife of real estate magnate Charles Jay. Halla, who died in the bedroom of her home. Others claim that there is also a crippled child still living in the attic of the house.