10 Terrifying Urban Legends That Might Actually Be True

Have you ever wondered why campfire stories are so spooky? Because there’s always a sliver of truth to them – they are believable enough to make us sleepless for the rest of the night. It’s in human nature to come up with all kinds of eerie stories, but there’s no smoke without fire and all those stories are inspired by something – whether it’s due to pure imagination or real events that actually took place. And sometimes the urban legends created as pranks turn into something more – an actual story with real sightings. Can urban monsters come to life with the sheer power of human imagination, or did they always exist and we just recently stumbled upon them, revealing these creatures for the whole world to see? Whatever the case, here are 10 terrifying urban legends that will probably give you nightmares.

 

 

The Noise Coming From Inside Children
Behold the creepiest story on Earth that hasn’t been read by anyone (except for one critic that can’t be found anywhere). This might be a case of an urban legend creating itself, but one thing we can say for sure – ‘The Noise Coming from Inside Children’ and its author Ed Kann are among the most mysterious creations in the history of writing. No one actually knows what Ed Kann’s creepy story was about, but according to one critical review and a few mentions on the web, its content is so disturbing that it was banned soon after it was released. The sole review mentioning ‘The Noise Coming from Inside Children’ stated that the whole genre of horror stories would have been reconsidered if more people were to read this short story. But alas, both the author and his story have disappeared from the face of Earth. The mystery remains unsolved!

 

 

Rake: The Stuff of Nightmares
The internet has given us a whole new genre of real-life scary stories that are downright creepy. It usually starts with one internet post somewhere, an idea or a comment, and then gets out of hand turning into a full-blown urban legend with photos, documented sightings and all kinds of details that make the idea all the more real. And maybe, just maybe, turning a mere idea into an actual monster. Meet Rake, a six-feet-tall humanoid that usually crawls on all fours. He has pale skin and a blank face with no mouth or nose, but he does have three green eyes. He’s mostly seen in suburban areas and doesn’t attack if not approached. Yet he will attack if you walk towards him, opening his mouth that looks more like a crack on his face with dozens of dull teeth inside. No thanks, we’ll just walk the other way!


Goodtimes Virus
Hackers used to have too much fun back in the day – they wouldn’t be able to do half as much damage today with all the anti-viral software installed on modern-day computers. Yet back in the ‘90s when people didn’t have elaborate programs to protect them and were helpless in the face of internet evil, hackers roamed the web like pirates causing havoc and despair everywhere they went. Have you ever heard about viruses that could make your whole PC go into meltdown? Well, that’s not just a manner of speech – viruses actually did that to a person’s computer, destroying not only software but also hardware. And the worst part of it – the virus replicated itself like crazy and sent itself to your whole address book. Just imagine how many people suffered! Goodtimes virus was sent via emails when people were innocent enough to open a message warning about a supposed virus attack. A hacker group called Cult of the Dead Cow took credit for the Goodtimes virus after it had destroyed hundreds of machines.

 

 

Ted’s Caving Page
If you think that modern Internet users are gullible and will believe any rumor of a celebrity death or a new crazy movie release after seeing just a few photoshopped posters, then try to imagine what people were like back in the day when Internet was still new and people were more trusting. Why would anyone lie on the web, right? But people did then just as they do now. Ted’s caving page started off as a pretty innocent project with photos of various caves, findings and descriptions of his spelunking experiences. Yet things started getting weird when he and his friends found a ‘mystery cave’ – a cave that wasn’t on any map and was not supposed to be there in the first place. Of course he and his friends had to explore all its nooks and creepy hieroglyphics. The blog ended quite abruptly after Ted and one of his fellow spelunkers suffered from nightmares and hallucinations for weeks. They decided to go into the cave one last time, with guns and knives, and that’s where the story ends. It’s really well-done and seems absolutely real!

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