Urban Legends Essay

Have you ever wondered what an urban legend is? Well, an urban legend is a story that’s meant to be true but most times aren’t. Most urban legends come from a true story changed around to become more interesting. While there are many urban legends I will be addressing fully octopi’d, the origin of aids and progesterex and cons.

The first urban legend that I will be addressing is fully octopi’d. A woman claimed that she gave birth to an octopus. The woman took x-rays and they found that she had a tumor. When a surgery was performed to take out the tumor instead a small octopus was taken out. Many later found out that it wasn’t true. They believed it was humanly impossible.

The second urban legend is where Aids’ originated from. Strong allegations were made about the CIA creating Aids’. Most thought this was true because the disease came from nowhere and hit the country. These allegations came to be proven to be wrong. Scientists agreed that the virus jumps from species’. While others say Aids’ came from tainted blood. Either way studies show that Aids’ isn’t a government created virus.

Progesterex and cons are the last urban legend. It’s a drug called progesterex that date rappers use to sterilize the victims and prevent identity through paternity test. This urban legend is false. First off, the drug progesterex doesn’t exist. Secondly, no pill can make it so that the identity isn’t known. This story was actually sent through via e-mail. Fact this isn’t true.

The three urban legends I addressed are things that people believe are true. The next time a story is heard and seems untrue or makes no type of since. Just do a little research and find out the truth.