Scariest Urban Legend?

The Question

Eternal
Right now, I'm working on a feature-length film revolving around an American urban legend. I can't give specifics as I'm working under a non-disclosure agreement. But I'd like to hear what you all think is the scariest American urban legend. Not the just amusing ones, unless you can think of a reason why it's actually frightening.
 

The Question

Eternal
You weren't paying attention. I said scary, not funny. And I definitely did not specify tragicomedy.
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom
Urban, not urbane, pleeb.
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom
You don't have a clue as to who I am do you.

Yep, you're some failed Canadien that stumbled upon TK a few years before I did.
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom
If that's some sort of claim to fame, have at it, cupcakeer.
 

The Question

Eternal
This thread isn't about Daystrom.
 

The Question

Eternal
This thread still isn't about you. It's time for you to shut the fuck up now.
 

The Question

Eternal
So, scary urban legends. Go.
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom

Cinch

Axe Wielding Maniac
I think the scariest one is the killer in the backseat. Sometimes it's a truck driver or gas station attendant who tries to warn the driver. I always glance at the back seat.
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom
"A young girl named Lisa was left alone on several accounts as her parents worked late. Her parents bought her a dog to keep her company. One night Lisa was awoken by a constant dripping sound. She got up and went to the kitchen to turn off the tap properly. As she was getting back into the bed she stuck her hand under the bed and the dog licked it. The dripping sound continued, so she went to the bathroom and turned off the tap properly in there, too. She went back to her bedroom and stuck her hand under the bed, and the dog licked it again. But the dripping continued, so she went outside and turned off the taps out there. She came back to bed, stuck her hand under it, and the dog licked it again. The dripping continued, drip, drip, drip. This time she listened and located the source of the dripping — it was coming from her cupboard. She opened the cupboard door, and there was her dog hanging upside down with its neck cut, and written on the window on the inside of the cupboard was, "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO!!!" "
 

The Question

Eternal
That's pretty good. :D
 

jack

The Legendary Troll Kingdom
The Legend:
What was thought to be your typically charming Halloween decoration depicting a lynched woman hanging from a tree, turns out to be a genuine suicide.
The Truth:
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In the town of Frederica, Delaware, a 42-year-old woman, perhaps distraught by the fact that she lived in Delaware, hung herself from a tree near a busy road on a Tuesday night. The body managed to hang there until the next day and was viewed by many unwitting (or perhaps retarded) spectators before somebody realized it wasn't a decoration and finally called the police.
Once again it's the lack of complaints from passers-by that amaze us. Even if the hanging thing wasn't a body, it was something that looked exactly like one and would be considered an extremely distasteful Halloween decoration (unless she put on a wacky witch's costume before doing the deed).
With the political correctness these days, you'd have expected two special city council meetings and 30 letters to the editor within the first ten minutes of someone seeing it.
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We can't help but wonder, if the person who eventually called the police hadn't bothered, how much longer would the body have hung there? This happened five days before Halloween. Add five days of decomposition to the equation and suddenly you have something a whole lot more terrifying.
Also, did the woman plan this? She knew what time of year it was, and intentionally hung herself in a public place. Did she want her corpse to blend in with the bed sheet ghosts and stuffed witches around the neighborhood? If so, it sounds like she may have been a fascinating person.
 
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