Essay Archive - Urban Legends and Folklore
Urban Legends and Folklore
What is an urban legend? Above all, it's a great story hilarious,
sad, horrifying, instructive, eerie, or some combination of these qualities.
One common sign that a story or belief is an urban legend is that it seems
too good to be true.
But that's not to say that all urban legends are false. Every now
and then one of these incredible tales turns out to be based on fact such
as the often told adventure of Larry Walters, The Lawn Chair Balloonist.
The legend states that Larry Walters, who in 1982 floated to 16,000 fee....
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