{"id":8414,"date":"2013-07-01T01:09:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T06:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=8709"},"modified":"2013-07-01T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T00:25:08","slug":"paranormal-path-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/07\/01\/paranormal-path-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Evolution of the Urban Legend<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone has heard one form or another of the Urban Legend.\u00a0 They are told around campfires, or at slumber parties.\u00a0 Scary stories of ghosts, crazed lunatics, and bizarre occurrences.\u00a0 Why are we so drawn to them?\u00a0 The origin of the story is always vague and some details may change but the root of the story is always the same, to scare and shock.\u00a0 Usually these stories leave us questioning if this did or could this really happen.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is interesting is how these stories have evolved due to the advancements in modern technology.\u00a0 We remember the legends from the older generations.\u00a0 Like the babysitter who keeps getting strange phone calls, an eerie voice telling her to check on the children.\u00a0 She soon realizes the calls are coming from within the house.\u00a0 Or, the ghostly stories such as someone picking up a lone hitchhiker, having a full conversation then suddenly the passenger becomes quiet, as the driver turns to look the hitchhiker is gone.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yet now, with cell phones, and the internet, these legends we knew as kids are mere Childs\u2019 play in comparrison.\u00a0 Modern technology gives us the opportunity to reach out to almost anyone, yet we never seem to question who or what can reach back.\u00a0 Spirits have been known to communicate through baby monitors, televisions and cameras, so why not computers?<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0These new internet based urban legends are called Creepy Pasta\u2019s and they are everywhere.\u00a0 Some of them even bring a new twist to the old chain letter.\u00a0 Remember those letters we used to get before everything was through email and text, the ones that said, if you don\u2019t pass this along to 5 or 10 people you\u2019ll have bad luck?\u00a0 Well now these are chilling stories usually drawing you in with pity.\u00a0 You\u2019ll read about a young girl who was bullied, it was taken too far and she was accidentally killed by her peers.\u00a0 As you proceed you will be warned that now you have read her story you must forward it to let others know or her ghost will appear to you and kill you as revenge.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the advancements in video, there are several creepy pastas of haunted video games or children\u2019s cartoons.\u00a0 These stories always involve someone getting a game or old copy of a classic cartoon.\u00a0 They take it home and settle in for some recreation.\u00a0 The fun turns to terror as the familiar scenes change and the beloved characters become angry or agitated and begin doing things that are not part of the script, dark, disturbing things.\u00a0 Soon the person who witnessed the horror will be haunted, not only by the images but sometimes by a ghost or demon that seemed to have been summoned by the strange scenes.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the creepiest ones I have read recently is the story of Funny Mouth.\u00a0 This is a rather long tale that describes a young man who is up late online chatting with friends.\u00a0 An unknown user with the name Funny Mouth pops up and starts saying things that seem strange and senseless.\u00a0 The young man briefly engages and only gets the emoticon for \u201cstaring\u201d in return.\u00a0 He ignores Funny Mouth and goes to bed.\u00a0 He soon has a nightmare of lying in the grass and feeling a worm crawl on his neck.\u00a0 He wakes up to feel dampness on his neck but passes it off as drool.\u00a0 Soon he receives emails from Funny Mouth saying \u201cI see your handsome face\u201d and \u201cyou\u2019ll like it.\u201d\u00a0 So he blocks him. Then when he tries to log in to his website he sees Funny mouth has hacked it and only an image of a blurry face with a distorted jaw appears.\u00a0 The young man emails Funny Mouth back, threatening him and demanding he turn the site back to normal.\u00a0 That night he has a similar nightmare with the worm on his neck.\u00a0 The worm crawls up towards his mouth and he realizes it is not a worm but fingers, reaching in and pulling down. He cannot wake himself up.\u00a0 Finally he awakens, runs to the bathroom to look in the mirror.\u00a0 The bright light blurring the vision of his face in the mirror but his jaw, dislocated, he starts laughing uncontrollably as he thinks \u201cWhat a handsome face, what a funny mouth.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Evolution of the Urban Legend \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone has heard one form or another of the Urban Legend.\u00a0 They are told around campfires, or at slumber parties.\u00a0 Scary stories of ghosts, crazed lunatics, and bizarre occurrences.\u00a0 Why are we so drawn to them?\u00a0 The origin of the story is always vague and some details may change but the root of the story is always the same, to scare and shock.\u00a0 Usually these stories leave us questioning if this did or could this really happen. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is interesting is how these stories have evolved due to the advancements in modern technology.\u00a0 We remember the legends from the older generations.\u00a0 Like the babysitter who keeps getting strange phone calls, an eerie voice telling her to check on the children.\u00a0 She soon realizes the calls are coming from within the house.\u00a0 Or, the ghostly stories such as someone picking up a lone hitchhiker, having a full conversation then suddenly the passenger becomes quiet, as the driver turns to look the hitchhiker is gone. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yet now, with cell phones, and the internet, these legends we knew as kids are mere Childs\u2019 play in comparrison.\u00a0 Modern technology gives us the opportunity to reach out to almost anyone, yet we never seem to question who or what can reach back.\u00a0 Spirits have been known to communicate through baby monitors, televisions and cameras, so why not computers? \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0These new internet based urban legends are called Creepy Pasta\u2019s and they are everywhere.\u00a0 Some of them even bring a new twist to the old chain letter.\u00a0 Remember those letters we used to get before everything was through email and text, the ones that said, if you don\u2019t pass this along to 5 or 10 people you\u2019ll have bad luck?\u00a0 Well now these are chilling stories usually drawing you in with pity.\u00a0 You\u2019ll read about a young girl who was bullied, it was taken too far and she was accidentally killed by her peers.\u00a0 As you proceed you will be warned that now you have read her story you must forward it to let others know or her ghost will appear to you and kill you as revenge. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the advancements in video, there are several creepy pastas of haunted video games or children\u2019s cartoons.\u00a0 These stories always involve someone getting a game or old copy of a classic cartoon.\u00a0 They take it home and settle in for some recreation.\u00a0 The fun turns to terror as the familiar scenes change and the beloved characters become angry or agitated and begin doing things that are not part of the script, dark, disturbing things.\u00a0 Soon the person who witnessed the horror will be haunted, not only by the images but sometimes by a ghost or demon that seemed to have been summoned by the strange scenes. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the creepiest ones I have read recently is the story of Funny Mouth.\u00a0 This is a rather long tale that describes a young man who is up late online chatting with friends.\u00a0 An unknown user with the name Funny Mouth pops up and starts saying things that seem strange and senseless.\u00a0 The young man briefly engages and only gets the emoticon for \u201cstaring\u201d in return.\u00a0 He ignores Funny Mouth and goes to bed.\u00a0 He soon has a nightmare of lying in the grass and feeling a worm crawl on his neck.\u00a0 He wakes up to feel dampness on his neck but passes it off as drool.\u00a0 Soon he receives emails from Funny Mouth saying \u201cI see your handsome face\u201d and \u201cyou\u2019ll like it.\u201d\u00a0 So he blocks him. Then when he tries to log in to his website he sees Funny mouth has hacked it and only an image of a blurry face with a distorted jaw appears.\u00a0 The young man emails Funny Mouth back, threatening him and demanding he turn the site back to normal.\u00a0 That night he has a similar nightmare with the worm on his neck.\u00a0 The worm crawls up towards his mouth and he realizes it is not a worm but fingers, reaching in and pulling down. He cannot wake himself up.\u00a0 Finally he awakens, runs to the bathroom to look in the mirror.\u00a0 The bright light blurring the vision of his face in the mirror but his jaw, dislocated, he starts laughing uncontrollably as he thinks \u201cWhat a handsome face, what a funny mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}