Here is the Category for the Next Round:
The
Acros are:
| I've noticed an increasing number of e-mails over
the past couple of years that amount to chain letters in disguise. Perhaps you've
been the unwitting victim of some of these hoaxes--unsure as to whether there's
any truth in the story, you forwarded it to your friends and they to theirs. So, it
occurred to me that it might be good fun to Acro some of these stories, as well as
offer you a place to read more about their origins and veracity (or, more often, lack thereof).
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In case
you're having trouble coming up with ideas, visit the terrific
Urban
Legend Reference Pages.
If you have problems
with the link, please try the unframed version.
Click on links within Acros below to go directly to explanations of referenced legends.
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- LEGEND
LOST!
Engaging girl. Employing "Net detectives."
codymaxx 11/19/99
This is a legend, one that arrived in my email today from
someone who was fooled by it.
- MYTH
Mr.Ed
yakking, truly horse.
codymaxx 10/17/99
This one surprised me!
- LEGEND
Lemmings
encounter ghastly end. Nefarious Disney!
Neblig 10/12/99
a true one...
- URBAN LEGEND
Uncovered razor
blades and needles . Legend example gives everyone nervous dismay.
MrCandMrsC 10/11/99
Sadly, this one is true...please be careful with
Trick-or-Treating.
- LEGEND
Lights engage
gangs. Eerie night driving!
coolcat22 10/10/99
- STORY
Sick tyke
- only relief yea-sayers.
tdt 10/10/99
- URBAN LEGEND
Unlikely reward... being astonishingly nerdy, let's
e-mail Gates,
earn nebulous Disneyland.
codymaxx 10/10/99
- STORY
Scary thieves! Organs
removed! Yikes!!!
Jomaus 10/10/99
- MYTH
Microsoft, Y2K...
time/date harm.
kohd 10/10/99
- URBAN
Unsuspecting receive bad AIDS
needle...
kohd 10/10/99
- URBAN LEGEND
Unstable reckless boy axes neighbor. Legend exceptionally good except never
documented.
MrCandMrsC 10/10/99
- STORY
Some tales outlandish remarkable yarns.
MrCandMrsC 10/10/99
- MYTH
Many youths transmitted hoaxes.
MrCandMrsC 10/10/99
- HOAX
Hoaxes occasionally are x-traordinary.
MrCandMrsC 10/10/99
- MYTH
Man! You're Talking Hystorically!!
22Twain 10/10/99
- HOAX
Hooked on an X-TRA!!
22Twain 10/10/99
- STORY
Sleepy Tales, Often Read Yawning!!
22Twain 10/10/99
- URBAN LEGEND
Usually read by a NUT....Long, elaborate, Grandiose..... (Evermore
Nutsy Dribble!!)
22Twain 10/10/99
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