I'm running a page on my blog about Urban Legends/scary stories, and I'm looking for people to post their favourite stories on my page, in my "Comment Box." Mainly, it's just for fun. I love hearing scary stores so if you have any, would you be willing to come and add yours?

I don't have much to offer by way of prize, but I will give away a free copy of my new book to the scariest story you share..

I'd appreciate your time, if you're interested, and have a scary story to share, the link is here:

http://fionasfiction.word...u-want-to/

You know, a few weeks back I read an awesome story about this urban legend that ended up being true. The story goes that a man dressed in a bunny or chicken suit or something would kill people. There making a movie out of it and now I can't remember it. Let me think it through and see if I can find the article for you.

something like this happened 2 me the other day!!!!

and i am still alive!!!!

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Fuzzywitch - that picture really freaked me out!!

Sosgemini - If you do find the full story, would you be willing to paste it onto my website's Urban Legend page? Thanks anyway

The Bunny Man is an urban legend that probably originated from two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1970, but has been spread throughout the Washington D.C. area. There are many variations to the legend, but most involve a man wearing a rabbit costume ("bunny suit") who attacks people with an axe. Many variations occur around "Bunny Man Bridge", the concrete tunnel of a Southern Railway overpass on Colchester Road in Clifton.^[1] Story variations include the origin of the Bunny Man, names, motives, weapons, victims, description of the bunny suit, and the possible death of the Bunny Man. In some accounts the Bunny Man's ghost or aging spectre is said to come out of his place of death each year on Halloween to commemorate his death. In some accounts, victims' bodies are mutilated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man

The Bunny Man Unmasked:
The Real Life Origins of an Urban Legend

By
Brian A. Conley, Historian-Archivist
Fairfax County Public Library

Introduction

There is a story that a man dressed as a bunny haunts the residential neighborhoods around our nation's capital. Silly as this may sound at first, the Bunny Man has been a fixture of local legend for at least 30 years. By 1973 the so-called "Bunny Man" had been reported in Maryland, and the District of Columbia. His infrequent and widespread appearances tended to occur in secluded locations and usually tell of a figure clad in a white bunny suit armed with an ax threatening children or vandalizing property. By the 1980s the Bunny Man had become an even more sinister figure with several gruesome murders to his credit. Although he has been reported as far south as Culpepper, Virginia. his main haunt has been the area surrounding a railroad overpass near Fairfax Station, Virginia frequented by party goers, the now infamous "Bunny Man Bridge."

The Legend

For more than 25 years stories of the Bunny Man have been kept alive primarily amongst our teenage population. Over the years the story has evolved into a ghost story suitable for parties, camp outs, and any occasion that such tales are exchanged. It was at one such gathering in 1976 that the author first heard it told. The Bunny Man was said to be responsible for the deaths of two disobedient children in the Clifton area. Others were rumored to have disappeared, and there was talk of animals found horribly mutilated. I never saw the Bunny Man myself, but then I never strayed into the woods at night, especially not near the Bridge...

Most childhood ghost stories are forgotten as one gets older. However, the Bunny Man followed me. After graduating from college, I accepted a position with the Fairfax County Public Library, eventually becoming an Information Specialist in the Virginia Room. One day around 1992 a very well-spoken young lady came into the Virginia Room with a question. She wanted to know how she could find information on a murder that was supposed to have taken place near her home. As I interviewed the patron to ascertain what hard facts she had to go on, some vague memory nagged at me. Two children were allegedly murdered by a local hermit for trespassing, and their bodies left hanging from a covered bridge. She had no names and only a vague idea of a time frame. The whole story seemed a little fantastic, but the thing that really bothered her was the guy was supposed to be an escaped inmate dressed in a bunny suit. At this point, even though the story had evolved a bit, I recognized the tale from my own youth. We were unable to confirm any of the elements of the story as she or I had first heard it, and I put it down in my mind as a story fabricated to scare children.

I likely would have forgotten about the Bunny Man again if the questions didn't begin coming on a regular basis. The Bunny Man has actually begun appearing in print in recent years, having been mentioned in several high school newspapers,¹ and more recently, on the Internet. The various Internet versions have carried the story to new heights. The most widely circulated written version entitled The Clifton Bunny Man and signed by Timothy C. Forbes, Virginia, was posted on a Web site called Castle of Spirits around 1999.² This version of the tale is actually quite notable because of the number of specific facts given. Forbes claims that in 1904 inmates from an insane asylum escaped while being transferred to Lorton Prison. One of these escapees, Douglas J. Grifon, murdered fellow escapee Marcus Wallster and eventually became the Bunny Man. Not only is the location identified, but also the names of several victims and the dates of their murders. The story ends with a challenge for the reader to check with the Clifton Town Library for verification of the facts.

Little effort was required to show that all of the specifics given in the Forbes version are false. First, there has never been an asylum for the insane in Fairfax County. Second, Lorton Prison didn't come into existence until 1910, and even then it was an arm of the District of Columbia Corrections system, not Virginia's. Third, neither Grifon nor Wallster appear in the court records of Fairfax County. Lastly, there is not and never has been a Clifton Town Library.

The story also received wide recognition after being featured on national television. The program called Scariest Places on Earth, broadcast on the Fox Family Channel, included a segment entitled "Terror on Bunnyman's Bridge" in the 2001 broadcast season.³

Even though these fictional tales of spectacular crimes are easy to dismiss as fiction, the question of the story's origin is not. Was the Bunny Man real? At first I was content to dismiss the Bunny Man as completely fictitious, however I have learned that many legends do have some basis in factual events. At the urging of a fellow employee I finally began a more serious search for the Bunny Man. I began with a few basic assumptions. First, although the tale is told in jurisdictions all around the Washington, D. C. area, the bulk of them take place in Fairfax County. Second, any event that gains as much notoriety as this one must have been originally reported to the public. Third, the original event was probably criminal in nature.

Was the Bunny Man a murderer?

The aspect of the story which gets the most attention are the alleged murders. Researching historical crimes can be very difficult unless you have some basic facts to begin with. Since police records are not available for casual review and court records are indexed by the names of those involved, not by location or type of crime, I had to begin by checking the local newspapers. The tool that has proved the most valuable was the Fairfax County Public Library Historical Newspaper Index. ⁴ Virginia Room volunteers Malcolm Richardson and Barbara Welch worked for 10 years to compile a complete index to local Fairfax County newspapers. The careful work of these two, combined with the searching capabilities of a computer database, allowed us to extract every murder and killing reported by the local press from 1872 through 1973. Even though Fairfax County was a rural farming community until well into the 20th century there were over 550 individual mentions of killings in the study period. Eliminating "run of the mill" domestic murders and concentrating on multiple murders and those involving children (both of which were mercifully rare) served to pare down a list of more than 500 possible events to the following three:

The Bunny Man Unmasked:
The Real Life Origins of an Urban Legend

By
Brian A. Conley, Historian-Archivist
Fairfax County Public Library

Introduction

There is a story that a man dressed as a bunny haunts the residential neighborhoods around our nation's capital. Silly as this may sound at first, the Bunny Man has been a fixture of local legend for at least 30 years. By 1973 the so-called "Bunny Man" had been reported in Maryland, and the District of Columbia. His infrequent and widespread appearances tended to occur in secluded locations and usually tell of a figure clad in a white bunny suit armed with an ax threatening children or vandalizing property. By the 1980s the Bunny Man had become an even more sinister figure with several gruesome murders to his credit. Although he has been reported as far south as Culpepper, Virginia. his main haunt has been the area surrounding a railroad overpass near Fairfax Station, Virginia frequented by party goers, the now infamous "Bunny Man Bridge."

The Legend

For more than 25 years stories of the Bunny Man have been kept alive primarily amongst our teenage population. Over the years the story has evolved into a ghost story suitable for parties, camp outs, and any occasion that such tales are exchanged. It was at one such gathering in 1976 that the author first heard it told. The Bunny Man was said to be responsible for the deaths of two disobedient children in the Clifton area. Others were rumored to have disappeared, and there was talk of animals found horribly mutilated. I never saw the Bunny Man myself, but then I never strayed into the woods at night, especially not near the Bridge...

Most childhood ghost stories are forgotten as one gets older. However, the Bunny Man followed me. After graduating from college, I accepted a position with the Fairfax County Public Library, eventually becoming an Information Specialist in the Virginia Room. One day around 1992 a very well-spoken young lady came into the Virginia Room with a question. She wanted to know how she could find information on a murder that was supposed to have taken place near her home. As I interviewed the patron to ascertain what hard facts she had to go on, some vague memory nagged at me. Two children were allegedly murdered by a local hermit for trespassing, and their bodies left hanging from a covered bridge. She had no names and only a vague idea of a time frame. The whole story seemed a little fantastic, but the thing that really bothered her was the guy was supposed to be an escaped inmate dressed in a bunny suit. At this point, even though the story had evolved a bit, I recognized the tale from my own youth. We were unable to confirm any of the elements of the story as she or I had first heard it, and I put it down in my mind as a story fabricated to scare children.

I likely would have forgotten about the Bunny Man again if the questions didn't begin coming on a regular basis. The Bunny Man has actually begun appearing in print in recent years, having been mentioned in several high school newspapers,¹ and more recently, on the Internet. The various Internet versions have carried the story to new heights. The most widely circulated written version entitled The Clifton Bunny Man and signed by Timothy C. Forbes, Virginia, was posted on a Web site called Castle of Spirits around 1999.² This version of the tale is actually quite notable because of the number of specific facts given. Forbes claims that in 1904 inmates from an insane asylum escaped while being transferred to Lorton Prison. One of these escapees, Douglas J. Grifon, murdered fellow escapee Marcus Wallster and eventually became the Bunny Man. Not only is the location identified, but also the names of several victims and the dates of their murders. The story ends with a challenge for the reader to check with the Clifton Town Library for verification of the facts.

Little effort was required to show that all of the specifics given in the Forbes version are false. First, there has never been an asylum for the insane in Fairfax County. Second, Lorton Prison didn't come into existence until 1910, and even then it was an arm of the District of Columbia Corrections system, not Virginia's. Third, neither Grifon nor Wallster appear in the court records of Fairfax County. Lastly, there is not and never has been a Clifton Town Library.

The story also received wide recognition after being featured on national television. The program called Scariest Places on Earth, broadcast on the Fox Family Channel, included a segment entitled "Terror on Bunnyman's Bridge" in the 2001 broadcast season.³

Even though these fictional tales of spectacular crimes are easy to dismiss as fiction, the question of the story's origin is not. Was the Bunny Man real? At first I was content to dismiss the Bunny Man as completely fictitious, however I have learned that many legends do have some basis in factual events. At the urging of a fellow employee I finally began a more serious search for the Bunny Man. I began with a few basic assumptions. First, although the tale is told in jurisdictions all around the Washington, D. C. area, the bulk of them take place in Fairfax County. Second, any event that gains as much notoriety as this one must have been originally reported to the public. Third, the original event was probably criminal in nature.

Was the Bunny Man a murderer?

The aspect of the story which gets the most attention are the alleged murders. Researching historical crimes can be very difficult unless you have some basic facts to begin with. Since police records are not available for casual review and court records are indexed by the names of those involved, not by location or type of crime, I had to begin by checking the local newspapers. The tool that has proved the most valuable was the Fairfax County Public Library Historical Newspaper Index. ⁴ Virginia Room volunteers Malcolm Richardson and Barbara Welch worked for 10 years to compile a complete index to local Fairfax County newspapers. The careful work of these two, combined with the searching capabilities of a computer database, allowed us to extract every murder and killing reported by the local press from 1872 through 1973. Even though Fairfax County was a rural farming community until well into the 20th century there were over 550 individual mentions of killings in the study period. Eliminating "run of the mill" domestic murders and concentrating on multiple murders and those involving children (both of which were mercifully rare) served to pare down a list of more than 500 possible events to the following three:

To continue, read: http://www.fairfaxcounty....yprint.htm

(I highly recommend reading the above link. It's a fascinating story of an urban legend being based on real occurances.)

minneapolis smiley face killer.

here in minneapolis we lose several young men (18-25 age range) each year. they are last seen at downtown minneapolis bars, leave around closing time and are never seen alive again. a search is launched and then they are found dead, floating in the mississippi river.

rumor has it (documentary evidence, too) that at many of the locations where the body is eventually found, a smiley face has been painted on a nearby sign, or bridge overhang, etc.

the police and FBI deny that this is the work of a serial killer(s) but local rumor has it that someone(s) is stalking college age men hereabouts....

http://blogs.citypages.co...ce_kil.php

[Edited 9/13/11 17:10pm]

I remember this from the late 80's early 90's bout a guy who would introduce himself to a woman or man and wine and dine them. Show them an incredible evening which would lead the woman or man to let down her/ his guard and have a one night stand with them. The next morning the guy would disappear forver but leave a present on the table for the lucky peson. Upon opening it there was a small black coffin with a letter that read:

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"Welcome To The World of AIDS."

There is this-freaks me the hell out

http://cropseylegend.com/

XxAxX said:

minneapolis smiley face killer.

here in minneapolis we lose several young men (18-25 age range) each year. they are last seen at downtown minneapolis bars, leave around closing time and are never seen again. a search is launched and then they are found dead, floating in the mississippi river.

rumor has it (documentary evidence, too) that at many of the locations where the body is eventually found, a smiley face has been painted on a nearby sign, or bridge overhang, etc.

the police and FBI deny that this is the work of a serial killer(s) but local rumor has it that someone(s) is stalking college age men hereabouts....

http://blogs.citypages.co...ce_kil.php

[Edited 9/13/11 9:54am]

I lived in Eden Prarie in 2004 when young men started missing. (Not sure if that's when it started happening but I think so) I thought immediatly it was a serial killer. I only lived there until 2008 but there were enough young men that I though s.killer, although, police said they were drinking and had likely just ended up in the water or wandered off b/c drunk. I didn't know about the smile face though! When did this start happening? I don't think they ever reported the smiley face when I lived there. That's so scary. Scary.

FuzzyWitch said:

something like this happened 2 me the other day!!!!

and i am still alive!!!!

[Edited 9/12/11 1:48am]

WWWWWWWW TTTTTTTTTTTTT FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant even look at the picture without hyperventilating

I don't understand why law enforcement in Minn doesn't get they have a serial killer

FuzzyWitch said:

something like this happened 2 me the other day!!!!

and i am still alive!!!!

I usually don't mind spiders...always grab them with a piece of paper and relocate them to the outdoors instead of killing them.

BUT for that MF'er I would pull out the AK-47 and shoot up the joint 'til nothing was left of the critter or the bathroom.

What kinda spider is that anyway?

scriptgirl said:

What kinda spider is that anyway?

its a huntsman... they dont kill u but a bite will hurt for a couple of weeks!!! trust me i know

i saw it as i reached out for toilet paper.... yes i was on the potty!!

i am the one who feels violated ... i never asked it to watch me go!!!

and i was vulnerable because i was not in a position to run... esp with my panties at my knees!!! so i grabbed my thong and started to attack it... it raised its fangs up at me.. i swear they were about an inch long maybe even 3!!!! (3 is something like a fishermans tale )

but i was brave and kept on beating it!!!! it was a survival thing!!!! i was protecting my territory!!!

there was crap every where and my thong suffered spider stains that only wash out in hot water and bleach!!!

its going to take some effort wearing my thongs again... as just the memory of that monster attempting to attack me is just horrendous and i dont think i have recovered yet

... and yes the thong is now a constant reminder

upon reflection i now feel i am entitled to some kind of bravery award or reward

by killing it i am certain i saved several ppl from heart attackes

ps... b4 u get all creepy n shit over here a thong is a flip flop

Cockroach eggs inside the tongue

1. ) If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A woman was working in a post office in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue on the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue. She went to the doctor, and they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell more, and it began to get really sore, so sore, that she could not eat

She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be done. The doctor took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and moist...

supposedly this was a true story reported on CNN

FuzzyWitch said:

ps... b4 u get all creepy n shit over here a thong is a flip flop

Suddenly the mental image isn't as interesting as it was before.

PurpleJedi said:

FuzzyWitch said:

ps... b4 u get all creepy n shit over here a thong is a flip flop

Suddenly the mental image isn't as interesting as it was before.

i didnt want anyone to think it suffered a long painfull death

FuzzyWitch said:

PurpleJedi said:

Suddenly the mental image isn't as interesting as it was before.

i didnt want anyone to think it suffered a long painfull death

Yeah...getting smacked around with a thong underwear would take much, much longer to kill.

free2bfreeda said:

Cockroach eggs inside the tongue

1. ) If you lick your envelopes... You won't anymore!!! A woman was working in a post office in California. One day she licked the envelopes and postage stamps instead of using a sponge. That very day the lady cut her tongue on the envelope. A week later, she noticed an abnormal swelling of her tongue. She went to the doctor, and they found nothing wrong. Her tongue was not sore or anything. A couple of days later, her tongue started to swell more, and it began to get really sore, so sore, that she could not eat

She went back to the hospital, and demanded something be done. The doctor took an x-ray of her tongue and noticed a lump. He prepared her for minor surgery. When the doctor cut her tongue open, a live cockroach crawled out!!!! There were roach eggs on the seal of the envelope. The egg was able to hatch inside of her tongue, because of her saliva. It was warm and moist...

supposedly this was a true story reported on CNN

FuzzyWitch said:

scriptgirl said:

What kinda spider is that anyway?

its a huntsman... they dont kill u but a bite will hurt for a couple of weeks!!! trust me i know

i saw it as i reached out for toilet paper.... yes i was on the potty!!

i am the one who feels violated ... i never asked it to watch me go!!!

and i was vulnerable because i was not in a position to run... esp with my panties at my knees!!! so i grabbed my thong and started to attack it... it raised its fangs up at me.. i swear they were about an inch long maybe even 3!!!! (3 is something like a fishermans tale )

but i was brave and kept on beating it!!!! it was a survival thing!!!! i was protecting my territory!!!

there was crap every where and my thong suffered spider stains that only wash out in hot water and bleach!!!

its going to take some effort wearing my thongs again... as just the memory of that monster attempting to attack me is just horrendous and i dont think i have recovered yet

... and yes the thong is now a constant reminder

upon reflection i now feel i am entitled to some kind of bravery award or reward

by killing it i am certain i saved several ppl from heart attackes

ps... b4 u get all creepy n shit over here a thong is a flip flop

That thing is horrible looking. I'm not afraid of 'spiders' but that is a whopper of a spider!

Scary

hobo-spider

". If a hobo spider is tending an egg sac, it may become aggressive if it perceives the egg sac as being threatened.However, they generally do not bite unless forced to protect themselves, and it is believed that up to half of the bites by hobo spiders are ‘dry bites’ meaning that no venom was secreted. This spider can be fairly large with the female can reach up to 15mm.

Although this species of spider has a reputation for aggressiveness, they will normally avoid contact with humans. Most bites occur when the spider is accidentally crushed or squeezed by a human. The spider's venom is strong enough to cause considerable local pain and, possibly, necrosis.

have you heard the one where a couple are driving down a deserted highway in a bad thunderstorm, and they here on the radio that either a prisoner escaped from a prison, or a lunatic escaped from an asylum, and the escapee has a hook for a hand......the rain is really bad so the couple pull off the road, under a tree...and the husband has to get out to check the tires...the wife hears him scream and orders her to drive off and to not look back.....and the next morning she goes out to the car and there's a hook on the passenger side door handle?

by the way, as a kid in the late 60's early 70's we used to visit a family with whom my folks are friendly, and they lived in silver spring maryland. One of their kids was a teenager, and he told us about the bunny man, and I didn't sleep for two nights....I had forgotten about that, until this thread

BlackAdder7 said:

have you heard the one where a couple are driving down a deserted highway in a bad thunderstorm, and they here on the radio that either a prisoner escaped from a prison, or a lunatic escaped from an asylum, and the escapee has a hook for a hand......the rain is really bad so the couple pull off the road, under a tree...and the husband has to get out to check the tires...the wife hears him scream and orders her to drive off and to not look back.....and the next morning she goes out to the car and there's a hook on the passenger side door handle?

by the way, as a kid in the late 60's early 70's we used to visit a family with whom my folks are friendly, and they lived in silver spring maryland. One of their kids was a teenager, and he told us about the bunny man, and I didn't sleep for two nights....I had forgotten about that, until this thread

when i was lill my parents would go out leaving us alone 4 the night and we used to turn off all the lights in the house and play hide n seek with torches then tell stories like that.... i used 2 have horrible nightmares... it was aweful!!!!

thanks 4 just reminding me Adder