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Legend This label describes events so general or lacking in detail they could have happened to someone, somewhere, at some time, and are therefore essentially unprovable. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 12, 1999
Dumb questions purportedly asked of park rangers by tourists.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 6, 1999
Versions of this holiday gag have been kicking around for decades.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 3, 1999
You never know when you may come across your worst fears.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Nov. 9, 1999
A bride finally questions why her mother cuts the ends off of roasts before cooking them.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 1999
Did a Japanese department store once display Santa Claus nailed to a cross?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 6, 1999
Man dressed as superhero knocks himself unconscious after tying his wife to the bed.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 19, 1999
A woman stuck to a toilet seat provides a physician with an opportunity for the perfect bon mot.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 19, 1999
Did a menacing dream about a creepy coachman save a woman's life?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 17, 1999
The tale of a ghostly hitchhiker who disappears from a car.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 1999
Multiple versions of the tale go back as far as the 1920s, involving the failure to drop and bre ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 23, 1999
The high-pressure environment of college has led to many legends that express the stresses and a ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 7, 1999
Did the call girl sent to a man's room turn out to be his daughter?
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 29, 1999
"I followed the cooking instructions on the leg tag and I want to tell you it was horrible."
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 14, 1999
Sometimes you really do need to pay attention to things other people shouldn't see.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
July 7, 1999
Heard the legend about a misunderstood J. Edgar Hoover directive?
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 29, 1999
A babysitter receives mysterious, threatening phone calls.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 22, 1999
Legend holds that the character of Pavel Chekov was added to 'Star Trek' in response to an edito ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 8, 1999
A long-circulating tale of biscuit banditry.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 28, 1999
Superstitious legend holds that a number of strange deaths are connected to a 'curse' on the 'Po ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998
Ever hear the urban legend about a gas-siphoning thief who accidentally gets a mouthful of sewage?
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