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Replacing The Eiffel Tower
While everyone alive is aware of the Eiffel Tower, many are unaware that the tower you see today is NOT the tower originally built in 1889. The Tower was built in the years 1887 – 1889 for the Universal Exposition in Paris out of 18,000 pieces of iron. Those pieces were joined together with 2.5 million rivets, and since the structure is nothing but a big frame, it is – in an image all American … Read entire article »
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The Cranbury Inn
I lived in NJ most of my life, even though I was born in NY. When I went to Walter C. Black Middle School, I had a teacher who worked at the Cranbury Inn. She told us all that it was haunted by the ghost of a man who was killed there in the 1790′s. The man was run over by a stagecoach after having a few too many drinks. Apparently, ever since then he has … Read entire article »
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Rat Dog
The truck driver’s wife works in Boston on the docks where this little white dog comes around at noon and everyone feeds it a little something from their lunch. The wife went home and asked her husband if he would mind if she got a dog. She told him about the stray that everyone has been feeding. He said that he didn’t think she wanted a dog. She said it would be nice company since … Read entire article »
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Hungry Snake
There was a couple from Florida who owned a python. It was a very large snake and they’ve had it for a while so they did not put it in a cage and they let it be free in the house. The couple started to become concerned when the snake stopped eating. All the snake would do is lay around and occasionally it would slither onto their bed and stretch its body out. They finally decided … Read entire article »
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Hot Dog
An old lady was asked to look after her neighbors Terrier dog, and being the kind-hearted lady she was, she agreed. When taking the dog for a long walk, it started to rain, hurrying back, the old woman returned home, both her and the Terrier were soaked. The poor little animal was shivering, and wanting to dry the dog, she decided to put the animal in the microwave for a short time. When the dog … Read entire article »
Filed under: Horrible Accidents, Pets, UrbanLegendsOnline
Horse Trailer Horror
A man who was always fond of horse racing owned a few horses himself. One of his horses was quite old, but the man decided to race it one last time. The man tried to lead the horse into the mini trailer attached to his truck but the horse wouldn’t go in. Finally, after he forced the horse in, he began to drive to the track, a few miles from where he boarded the horse. … Read entire article »
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Counting To Sleep
Rachel was having a sleepover and invited three people but only one girl, Leah, came. The girls spent two hours talking and it was eleven thirty when they decided to go to sleep. They shut the light and after a short while Rachel heard a lot of rustling, and then Leah counting softly and in a strange voice… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8… She turned … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Home Invasion, UrbanLegendsOnline
Hamster Mishap
A boy was playing with his hamster in the basement of his house just before the carpet man came to put new carpet down. When he arrived the boy’s mom told him to go upstairs and let the carpet man work in peace. It was a large basement and after a while the carpet man was exhausted and decided to go out for a smoke. He saw a lump under the carpet he just laid … Read entire article »
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Dog Walker
There was the husband who was in the habit of taking the family dog for a nice long walk each evening. It was good exercise for both of them, his wife felt, and the dog became so used to the routine that it positively drooled to be taken out on schedule every night. When her husband was sick one evening, the wife took the dog out instead. And to her surprise the dog pulled vigorously at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Love and Marraige, Pets, UrbanLegendsOnline
Choking Doberman
A woman returned from work and found her large dog, a Doberman, lying on the floor gasping for air. Concerned over the animal’s welfare, she immediately loaded the pet into her car and drove him to a veterinarian. The vet examined the dog but finding no reason for his breathing difficulties, announced that he’d have to perform a tracheotomy and insert tubes down the animal’s throat so he could breathe. He explained that it wasn’t … Read entire article »
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