Urban Legends (Read 3,088 times)

[fluffysmom]

Whoa. Jennifer was harsh.

[MrsM]

Yikes.

[André DiMera]

True or False #2

BRADY: You know, we've been enjoying these stories so much, I almost forgot about our game or true or false.
ABBY: That's okay. I've got one. True or false: more babies are born during a full moon than any other part of the cycle.

What do you think, dear readers? Are more babies born during a full moon? The answer will be revealed on Monday.

[fluffysmom]

Interesting question. I say false.

[MrsM]

I am guessing djm knows the answer to this one. I say true.

[gapeach]

I am going with true!

[djm]

I would say false. We have lots of babies born every night.

[fluffysmom]

I suspect it's the opposite...lots of babies conceived on a night with a full moon.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 11 - Black Aggie

MELANIE: False.
ABBY: It sounds true enough to me.
MELANIE: Guys, trust me. I'm a nurse. It's false.
BRADY: Mel's right. Babies are born at the same rate every day of the year. Whether the moon is full or not, makes no difference.
CASSIE: Cool.
PHILIP: Anybody got anymore stories?
SONNY: I do. The legend of Black Aggie. It starts with three teenage girls walking home from school. They decide to cut through the cemetery and look at the statues.
~~~
Mia, Kinsey, and Gabi are walking through a cemetery.
MIA: Guys, look at this one.
GABI: Who's that?
KINSEY: That's Black Agnes, or Aggie. She was engaged to a man who left her at the altar. Legend says that nobody can spend the night at the foot of Agnes' statue.
GABI: Why?
MIA: She died of a broken heart.
GABI: You can't die from a broken heart.
KINSEY: She did. And, she decided that if her husband wouldn't sleep with her, no one else could either. So, nobody can spend the night at the foot of Agnes' statue.
GABI: Yeah, right. I don't believe that. There's no such thing as ghosts.
MIA: Well, if you're so sure, how about we make a bet? We'll both give you $20 if you can spend the entire night at the foot of Agnes' statue.
GABI: Okay, sure. I'll do it tonight.
SONNY (VO, narrating): That evening, the younger girl comes back to the graveyard and sets up camp. Suddenly, the two other girls jump out and trie to scare her.
GABI: Guys!
Mia and Kinsey laugh.
GABI: Real funny, guys.
KINSEY: Just wanted to make sure you didn't chicken out.
GABI: Nope.
MIA: Okay. We'll see you tomorrow. Hope you don't get too scared.
GABI: Scared? Why would I be scared?
SONNY (VO, narrating): As night falls, the cemetery takes on a much more frightening look about it. The young girl can almost feel the darkness close in around her. Though slightly scared now, she still wants to win the bet. So, she closes her eyes and tries to sleep. But, she can still feel Agnes watching her every move. Next morning, the two older girls come back and are amazed to find she is still there. They decide to wake her up with one last scare, but it doesn't work.
KINSEY: Gabi.
MIA: Gabi, come on.
KINSEY: Time to wake up.
MIA: Kins, look at her neck.
Kinsey looks and sees that Gabi's neck is covered in bruises. Mia puts her head to Gabi's chest, then when that doesn't work, puts a hand to Gabi's neck to check for a pulse.
MIA: She's dead!
KINSEY: Oh my god!
~~~
SONNY: What's even more disturbing, newspaper reports come out a few days later stating that the girl was a direct descendant of the man who left Agnes at the altar. Even in death, Black Aggie had her final revenge.

NOTE: Though she is portayed by Camilla Banus in the rest of this story, the Gabi shown in this chapter, during the legend, is played by the original actress for Gabi, Gabriela Rodriguez

[djm]

Just saw this and am loving it. Great stories.

[fluffysmom]

That was freaky.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 12 - Lotto's Biggest Winner

FOREST
GABI: That's crazy.
PHILIP: Weird.
WILL: Totally. So, remember that legend Mia told about the guy who lost the lottery?
CASSIE: Yeah.
WILL: Well, I've got one similar to that. Except, the ending is a bit different in this one. It starts at a diner, with a cop and a waitress. The cop is a regular and knows the waitress by name. Every week, he buys a lottery ticket. He never wins, but it's always fun just to check. One day, he's short on cash and can't afford to give the waitress a tip. The waitress doesn't mind, as he's one of their best customers. But, the cop wants to pay her. So, he offers the lottery ticket. Each will pick out three numbers. And, if the numbers win, the waitress will get half of the winnings as her tip. Though the waitress knows it'll probably never really happen, she goes along with it. The next day...
~~~
Roman walks into the Pub and takes a seat. Kate walks over.
KATE: Morning, Roman.
ROMAN: Good news, Katie. I've got your tip.
KATE: Roman, that's really not necessary.,,
Roman puts several hundred thousand dollars on the table in front of Kate.
KATE: What's all this?
ROMAN: Your tip.
KATE: But..,
ROMAN: I won, Katie, I hit the jackpot! And it's all thanks to your lucky numbers!
KATE: Well, congratulations! That's great! But, as I said, you really don't have to...
ROMAN: Stop right there, Kate. I'm a man of my word. Half of the money I got last night is yours.
Kate, in shock sits down at the table.
~~~
WILL: And the two eventually got married.
ABBY: That lady was super lucky!
CHELSEA: So was the guy. I mean, only a very few people ever actually win the lottery.
PHILIP: I'm sorry, but I don't believe it! I mean, we've talked about some crazy stuff throughout the night, but this takes the cake! I just gotta know, is there any truth to this story at all?

[fluffysmom]

This was a fun legend. That was kind of him to honor his word to her.

[gapeach]

That last one sounds like a Nicholas Cage (I think) movie to me!!!!

[André DiMera]

The Truth

PHILIP: I mean, really, is there any truth to any of these stories?
BRADY: Some of them. Not all, but some. There are also some that are mostly true, but have a little something that's different.
CHELSEA: The one about the hitchhiker, for example. That one depends on if you believe in ghosts or not. But, a version of the story can be found in the New Testament of the Bible, with the Apostle Philip taking the place of the hitchhiker. The spy in the hotel room, no, that didn't happen. Simply for privacy reasons, if nothing else.
BRADY: The kidney heist stories' been around forever. There's even a hotline for people who have been victims of kidney theft. But, so far, nobody's called it, so the legend is most likely false.
CHAD: The one about the train, too. The crew would have gone up and down the train making sure everyone had gotten off where they were supposed to. So, that's false, too.
BRADY: Also, the spiders in the hairdo is false. Hair is not an ideal place for spiders to hide.
REX: Neither is a cactus.
ABBY: The one about the guy dressed as an old lady seems like it could be true, but there's no documented reports of it ever happening.
CHELSEA: Although Furbys respond to sound, they wouldn't be able to record and store it for playback. All the Furby can actually hear is a loud noise.
MORGAN: My story, the one with the gun wielding grandma, that seems like it could be true. But, again, there's no proof of it ever happening.
MIA: The one about losing the lottery...well, that's hard to say. I'm sure there are some people who'd kill themselves if the one day they didn't buy a ticket was the day they would have won, but it hasn't been documented. Also, the wife's overreaction was false.
SONNY: The legend of Black Agnes, or Black Aggie, is false. However, there actually is a statue in Washington D.C., as well ad a replica in Maryland, that are called Black Aggie. Strangely, though, the legend only affects the copy of the statue.
PHILIP: So, I'm guessing that the last one, the one about the cop giving a waitress half of his lottery winnings as a tip, that's also false?
WILL: Actually, that one's true.
PHILIP: What?
BRADY: Will's right. It happened in New York in the 1980s. Police officer Robert Cunningham didn't have enough money for his waitress, Phyllis Penzo's tip one afternoon, so he oferred her half of a lottery ticket's winnings. She accepted because he was a regular customer, and was amazed the next day when he came in and told her that he won 6million dollars and she was getting half.
PHILIP: This is sounding an awful lot like that one Nicholas Cage movie.
WILL: The Nicholas Cage movie is based on the real event. The only difference is, in real life, Robert and Phyllis didn't marry each other.
PHILIP: That's amazing!
GABI: It's crazy, isn't it? Out of all the urban legends we've heard tonight, the one that sounds least likely, is the one that's actually real.
MAX: It sure is.

Tune in tomorrow for the finale.