Are urban legends real or fake?
fake “urban” comes from the term “around town” or something familiar “legend” is a story that usually grows in extraordinary detail over time, sometimes based on a true story. Here is a quote from wikipedia. Click on the link for more info on “urban legends”. “An urban legend or an urban myth 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. Despite its name, a typical urban legend does not necessarily originate in an urban setting. The term is simply used to differentiate modern legend from traditional folklore in preindustrial times. For this reason, sociologists and folklorists prefer the term “contemporary legend”. Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail. People frequently al
