It's an Urban Legend

Retweeting interesting comments on modern folklore. Urban myths, rumors, legends, hoaxes, misconceptions, & apocryphal anecdotes. I’m the friend of your friend.

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

Now, I’ll be here until they pull the plug, but I’m also at the other place, too.

I’ve left a trail of fentanyl-tainted dollar bills in the parking lot, so I should be easy to find.

Hope to see you there. — 🐊

[Theo Paijmans @memizon]

The 1980s phantom clown scare all over again (I know this is not a clown suit, but read the research of @CryptoLoren into this weird flap. And do remember the 1970s axe wielding bunnyman of Fairfax County sightings.

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@TheFrenchiePug @newstart_2024 @WarnerJames1 Thanks, this is my fav urban legend.

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

(Often told about the Pope. Any pope.)

[🇺🇸 🦅Simple Man 🦅🇺🇸 @Soaringeagle45]

Before he died, Billy Graham was returning to Charlotte after a speaking engagement and when his plane arrived there was a limousine waiting to transport him to his home. As he prepared to get into the limo, he stopped and spoke to the driver .

"You know," he said, "I am 87 years old and I have never driven a limousine. Would you mind if I drove it for a while?"The driver said, "No problem. Be my guest!"

Billy gets into the driver's seat and they head off down the highway. A short distance away sat a rookie State Trooper operating his first speed trap.The long black limo went by him doing 70 in a 55 mph zone. The trooper pulled out and easily caught the limo and he got out of his patrol car to begin the procedure.

The young trooper walked up to the driver's door and when the glass was rolled down, he was surprised to see who was driving.

He immediately excused himself and went back to his car and called his supervisor.

He told the supervisor, "I know we are supposed to enforce the law, but I also know that important people are given certain courtesies. I need to know what I should do because I have stopped a very important person."

The supervisor asked, "Is it the governor?" The young trooper said, "No, he's more important than that." The supervisor said, "Oh, so it's the president." The young trooper said, "No, he's even more important than that."

The supervisor finally asked, "Well then, who is it?"The young trooper said...

"I think it's Jesus, because he's got Billy Graham for a chauffeur!"

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@JanetJa55586250 @Franklin_Graham @McDonalds It’s often told about the Pope (any pope).

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. (Zachary Kanin for @NewYorker)

[captain depression @cpt_depression_]

Met a lady at a wedding this weekend who told me a story about growing up in London, apparently there was a curry shop close to her house, turns out cat pets had been disappearing in the neighbourhood. Yep. They were using cat and pigeon meat for curries.

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before … (also see https://t.co/KMOLT7XjpG)

[John Ringo SF Author @Jringo1508]

Ex was a social worker in CPS and later the Welfare Lady.

She had a lady come in and tell her the lady's kids names were pronounced Go-NOR-ree-ah and See-FI-lus. (Gonnorhea and Syphilis.)

Cause their mom liked the names.

[🇺🇸 Sandy 🌻 @Sandy166059]

Remember the "Mikey" rumor? The kid that played Mikey in the Life cereal commercials was supposed to have died from eating Pop Rocks, he mixed it with soda & his stomach exploded!! Urban legend, schoolyard myth. Well, I almost told my granddaughter this last night while watching her eat Pop Rocks but decided against it because she was quiet and it was time for quiet 🤣😅

[Anttsinc @anttsinc]

Wild story blowing up in Spanish circles 😱 50% real, 50% urban legend?? Back in 2017, Reuters dropped a huge exposé on ‘body brokers’ in the US—companies legally buying donated bodies, chopping them up like meat, and selling parts for medical research (yes, parts even shipped to North Carolina!). But the creepiest viral twist: rumors of medical pros using a local app + delivery drivers to hand out ‘human meat’ to people who asked… Real scandal or total creepypasta? I’m just translating what’s going viral—no claiming it’s 100% true! What do you think? 👀 Drop a 😱 if this gave you chills. #BodyBrokers #HumanMeatRumors #CreepyPasta #ReutersExposed #UrbanLegend #DarkStories #ViralCreepy #TrueCrimeTwist

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

A long running urban legend in Moscow is that the giant Boris Yeltsin-era Peter the Great statue by Zurab Tsereteli was originally meant to be Columbus for the 500th anniversary in 1992.

Allegedly Americans cities said no thanks to the massive, pricey monument… so it got a new head, new story, and in 1997 became Peter instead, so the story goes…

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@Daily_MailUS Oh, THIS Mark Halperin?

[Legends & Rumors @BrianChapman123]

“Embarrassing Moments.” Chicago Daily Tribune, 17 June 1924. An early appearance of this classic.

[Anne Oatley @AnneOatley]

Like the cleaner at Tate Modern who innocently put someone's installation in the bin.

[David Clarke @shuclarke]

Amazing discovery of written account dating from 1915 of The Angels of Mons legend from nurses caring for wounded British soldiers in #WW1 #folklore : https://t.co/gBd1cwCgVe

[@paolotoselli @ptoselli1]

Un caso emblematico sulle voci legate alla musica del diavolo.

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@richmondie @ChrisEjiofor5 Maybe it’s an Indian thing? For example, https://t.co/0NZvVzwKHo.

[Horrifying History @HorrifyingHist1]

The Gippsland Phantom Cat is a popular myth that originated from sightings of cougars rumored to have been released by American soldiers during WWII. 🐾 Reports of big cats in the Gippsland region continue to spark curiosity and fascination. #urbanlegend #mythicalcreature

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@_akaikali_ (Suddenly remembering Delhi’s Monkey Man panic of 2001.)

[It's an Urban Legend @ULTweets]

@radionomad5 @FMIPE71 Great story. Here it is a little earlier, too.

1939: https://t.co/SEHWuruCUv

1944: https://t.co/oLNwklFBEJ

[Bob Bruce @radionomad5]

@FMIPE71 Joe, Joe, Joe….I heard that story long before the 80’s. It never happened. Another urban legend.

https://t.co/jzuWNS0G17