Every State Has An Urban Legend

I don't want to scare anyone but did you know that each state of the union has an

Urban Legend 

all its own?

The next time you go camping here are some scary stories to tell the kiddies before bedtime around the campfire!

By Janelle Albukhari, Sylvie Borschel, Wil Fulton, Andy Kryza, Matt Lynch, Dustin Nelson, Tanner Saunders, and Alex Robinson on Thrillist.com

 

Welcome to Urban Legends, a collection of articles dissecting persistent myths, unexplained phenomena, shared nightmares, and tales so bizarre they can't possibly be true... or can they? They’re whispered around campfires and passed down from generation to generation. They spark fear in the hearts and minds of children and adults alike. Their subjects take many shapes, be they bloodthirsty creatures of the night, vengeance-seeking ghouls, or sinister vortices. And each time they are told, the terror spreads.

 

I'll post two since I am from

Wisconsin

originally but now live in

California.

The Many Horrors of Turnbull Canyon in California

Located near LA between Whittier and City of Industry, Turnbull is a 49,000-acre smorgasbord of nightmare fuel set amid the the scenic hills. You want your scares rooted in American history? The natives called it “Hutukngna,” or the place of the Devil, where the ghosts of those slain for not converting to Christianity dwell alongside witches AND satanists, who reportedly used the place to sacrifice children, whose spirits now walk the canyon and dangle from trees. They’re joined by the ghosts of 21 kids who perished in a plane crash back in ’52... allegedly, as there’s no existing record of it. Then there’s the remains of the old insane asylum that came back to life to kill a teen in the ‘60s via a long-dormant electrical wire. There are cults, alien encounters, gravity hills... It goes on and on. Basically, if it’s something that gets under your skin, there’s a story about it happening in this seemingly cursed canyon.

 

The Rhinelander Hodag in Wisconsin

The hodag is a small creature that is simultaneously a frightening demon and comically covered in spikes. It’s often portrayed as being dog-sized, but early reports said it could grow to six-feet long. A 1928 legend describes the hodag as having the head of a frog, saber-tooth tiger-like fangs, thick legs with large claws, the back of a plated dinosaur, and a long tail with spears on the end. Despite its hellspawn swagger, it was never that much of a threat to humans, outside of its powerful “skunk perfume” stench.

 

My good friend

Jeff K.

says there is a big festival held each year in honor of the

Hodag!

He lives up in

Rhinelander.

This is,

I Talk To Ghosts All The Time So I Don't See What's The Big Deal Is

Cole Sear

And,

"The scariest Urban Legend of the all? It's the Internet. Where people believe, wholeheartedly, the first garbage website they see when Googling!"

- Jim Hauenstein -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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