Urban Legends in UP
Have you heard about the story of the ghost with shining red eyes in the College of Education Building? Scary! We have a lot of similar stories to share. What UP legends do you know?
Before telling your story, let us first define an urban legend:
"An urban legend, urban myth, or urban tale is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them. The term is often used to mean something akin to an apocryphal story. Like all folklore, urban legends are not necessarily false, but they are often distorted, exaggerated, or sensationalized over time." -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend
"an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true <the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers> —called also urban myth." -http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban+legend