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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
May 16, 2001
Did a town with a loud early morning train experience unusually high birth rates?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
May 7, 2001
Thieves steal 'cocaine' which turns out to be the cremated remains of a householder's relative.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 27, 2001
Will chanting 'Bloody Mary' 13 times in front of a darkened mirror summon a vengeful ghost?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
April 16, 2001
The bill of a famed fix-it man detailed the difference between value of work and value of knowledge.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 14, 2001
Perhaps this exam proctor should have placed finished exams a bit farther out of reach.
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 25, 2001
A family legendarily replaced their neighbor's dead rabbit after mistakenly believing their own ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 22, 2001
Was a baby left in a high chair to await the sitter discovered dead when his vacationing parents ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 16, 2001
The story of a father's choice between saving his own son or a train full of people goes back lo ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
March 2, 2001
A bigoted and obnoxious airline passenger demanding special treatment gets more than he bargaine ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 1, 2001
The bare-faced truth about all those Lost Legends at snopes.com
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 21, 2001
A bank employee supposedly furtively amassed a large sum of ill-gotten gains by stealing very sm ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 17, 2001
Did a shoplifter who stashed a frozen chicken under her hat die of 'frozen brain'?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Feb. 16, 2001
"I bet you're going to sell me tickets to the Highway Patrol Ball."
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2001
Was a motorcyclist beheaded by a sheet of metal that flew off a truck?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 5, 2001
Urban legend about a photo opportunity involving a bear and a honey-smeared kid going horribly w ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001
Was the boyfriend who went for gasoline murdered by a madman?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2001
Was a worker who stood too close to microwave emissions cooked by the rays?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 18, 2001
Did a cannery advertise unmarketable pale salmon as 'Guaranteed not to turn pink in the can'?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Understanding where this decades-old tale came from is to see cultural prejudice at work.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2001
Snopes looks into the well-worn tale of a man who was startled so badly he injured himself when ...
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