Urban legends are the modern equivalent of the ancient myths and like the old myths,come in various forms.
1. Stories of various creatures in the sewers of major cities.
2.Alien abductions/visits/artifacts.
3.Conspiracy theories
4.Tales of prehistoric creatures inhabiting various lakes and lochs
Unlike the old myths though,not one of these legends has any shred of truth behind it
Alligators in sewers.
Alligators could never survive in the sewers of NYC or any other city.
Alien abductions.
Alien abduction stories are probably numbered in the thousands,but not anyone has given definite undeniable proof of such a scenario,or why an advanced race of beings would even need to resort to such primitive a way of gaining the necessary intell on a human being in the first place.
The same applies to visits and alien artifacts.It has always puzzled me as to why an alien craft would be saucer shaped,when our own are not.
Conspiracy Theories.
Conspiracy theories take an actual event and precede to embellish it with wild ideas of government cover up or similar scenarios.
Prehistoric hangers on.
Loch Ness and Nessie is unquestionably the most famous example of this,but despite close to a hundred years of investigation, no conclusive proof has been shown to prove that such a creature exists.
Forgot Bigfoot, and the U.S. has built flying saucers, but they didn't work too good
ResponderEliminarSorry,i did indeed forget bigfoot,had no idea that the US had actually built UFO,s though:-))
EliminarDavid, frankly I think this content is an added value to the blog. In fact, men have always needed myths and legends, possibly in an attempt to satisfy their attraction to the unknown.
ResponderEliminarBy reminding the current legends and myths, you have obtained a much more comprehensive and global blog.
If we felt more attracted by the ancient myths is because they have become universal; the recent ones are many, but there are few people who know each one and therefore they have not earned the character of universality.