contemporarylegend.org – The Website for the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
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I just heard the weirdest thing... Contemporary ("urban") legends are one of the most pervasive forms of folklore in active circulation, but they are far from a modern phenomenon. The same processes of using narrative to communicate and negotiate anomalous experiences can be traced back thousands of years. Contemporary legends are contemporary to the teller and audience, not solely to the scholar. And…