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Black children as alligator bait
purported historical practice
haunted doll
doll or stuffed animal that is reported to be cursed or possessed in some way
Devil's Tree
solitary oak tree which is the subject of local legends
artificial structures visible from space
human-made things that can be seen from space
Chase Vault
burial vault
Loab
thumb|The first image of Loab presented by Swanson on Twitter|alt=Creepy and unsettling AI-generated headshot image of a woman. What seems to be a stuffed toy is being held to her right, but it is impossible to identify objects as everything melts into everything else.
Sacamantecas
thumb|Apothecary containers for Axungia hominis (human fat), 17th-18th centuries. Sacamantecas ("Fat extractor" in Spanish) or mantequero ("Fat seller/maker") is the Spanish name for a kind of bogeyman or criminal characterized by killing for human fat.
Avion Pirata
preserved Lockheed Constellation in Bolivia
James Bartley
whaler
BuyTigers.com
BuyTigers.com is a satirical website that claims to sell tigers online and ship them worldwide. After complaints by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the author revealed the site to be a hoax.
Great horse manure crisis of 1894
historical notion in urban planning
list of urban legends
Wikimedia list article
Folk devil
a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant
Aleshenka
Alyoshenka (, diminutive of the Russian male first name Alexey) or the Kyshtym Dwarf is believed by many to be a prematurely born female baby with many deformities found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in May 1996. Subsequently, the remains were lost and only photos and videos survive. Various supernatural explanations arose.
white lighter myth
urban legend
Blue star tattoo legend
urban myth about LSD being distributed to children