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Speaker 1: All right, So are you ready to get a little spooked,

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because tonight we are diving into the world of urban legends.

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Ooh fun, those stories that you know, make you double

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check your locks and sleep with the lights on. Yeah, definitely,

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You've got a whole bunch of them done, packing everything

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from those ghostly hitchhikers to creatures that'll make your skin

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crawl and everything in between.

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Speaker 2: I think what fascinates me most about urban legends is

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there like modern day folklore, you know, totally. Yeah, they

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get passed down, they get embellished, they evolve over time,

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and a lot of times they reflect our deepest fears,

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you know, and anxieties that we have as like a society.

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Speaker 1: And as people.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty interesting.

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Speaker 1: Let's just jump right in. Yeah, let's do it. Why

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don't we kick things off with a classic The Hook?

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Oh yeah, the one I'm talking about where the couple's

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parked out in the middle of nowhere. Radio's playing and

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oh yeah, there's a spooky warning about an escaped killer

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with a hook for a hand, and then all of

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a sudden they hear a scratching sound.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Classic.

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Speaker 2: It's a tale as old as time, right, or its

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as old as cars. But yeah, it really plays on

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that that fear that we all have.

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Speaker 1: Being isolated, being vulnerable, and.

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Speaker 2: Even when you think you're in a safe space, danger

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can still find you.

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Speaker 1: It can so and that that image of the hook,

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you know, is so powerful. It is because it's not

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just a weapon. It's almost like the symbol of how

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easily something brutal can just rip into your life.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And speaking of brutal, let's move on to a legend

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that takes betrayal for a whole new level. N Oh,

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have you heard of this one? I have. It comes

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from India, and it centers on this vengeful spirit that

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is disguised as a bride. Yeah, and she prays on

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these unsuspecting individuals who often open their doors to strangers,

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which is really scary because like, you never know, you

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really don't. I even read that writing her name on

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your door is supposed to ward her off. Oh wow.

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It's kind of like the symbolic barrier against the unknown, right,

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which is I feel like a lot of these legends

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, absolutely, like Notliba in particular really does reflect

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that fear of the unknown, right, Yeah. And also the

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fact that even something that seems harmless, like a bride

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could actually have, you know, really bad intentions. And it

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also speaks to a bigger, I guess, a bigger theme

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in Indian culture. And that's like the importance of hospitality. Yeah,

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and like welcoming people in. So to violate that is

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a big no, no, big no no. So I think

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that's really interesting.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's kind of like a cautionary tale about trusting

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the wrong person. It is, yeah, you know, for sure.

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So let's switch gears completely. Okay, let's head over to

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Japan for a legend. That's just pure nightmare fuel. Okay, ready,

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take take.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, this one's scary.

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Speaker 1: This is scary. Yeah. So Ticky Tick is a vengeful

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spirit with a very tragic backstory.

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Speaker 2: It is tragic.

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Speaker 1: So imagine a woman who is cut in half by

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 1: Her rage and pain fuel her spirit in the afterlife. Wow.

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So that's scary. I read that her upper body scuttles

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around on her hands or elbows. I've heard that too,

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making this awful teak teak sound as she moves. That's terrifying,

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I know. Yeah, and she seeks revenge on those who

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cross her path. Right, and said she moves so fast

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you'll never see her coming. Yeah, that's what makes it

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so scary. I know, you just never know. Okay, I'm

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officially creeped out. Yeah me too. Maybe we need something

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a little less dismembered. How about a creature that's as

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real as it is horrifying. Okay, I like it. The

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rat King? The rat King. Do you hear of this?

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collective imagination. This is an actual phenomenon where rats become

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entangled by their tails, forming this grotesque super.

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Speaker 2: It's like something out of a horror movie.

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Speaker 1: I know, it's the stuff of nightmares. Yeah, but it's real.

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Speaker 2: It is real.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy, and I read there have been documented cases

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it's real, Like it's actually a real thing that happens.

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Speaker 1: I think it just proves that reality can be just

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as strange and terrifying as fiction.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think the rat King also embodies another fear

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that a lot of people have, and that's like infestation, right,

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creatures can combine into this monstrous entity.

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Speaker 1: It's like nature going to ry.

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Speaker 2: It's like nature going wrong, and it's scary.

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Speaker 1: Okay, let's move on from rats, we please. Okay, So,

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about a legend that hits close to home for a

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lot of people, especially students, the roommate. This one plays

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on the fear of the unknown, particularly the vulnerability of

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sharing a living space with someone you might not truly know,

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right because you just you never know, you never know. Yeah.

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I remember hearing this story all the time in college.

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this chilling message written on the wall.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and that message is scary.

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Speaker 1: What is it?

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Speaker 1: There right and watching the whole time and you were sleeping. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: It makes you think twice about turning off the lights.

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Speaker 1: It really does, doesn't it. Yeah?

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Speaker 2: You know, it makes you wonder like who can you

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: And is anywhere really safe?

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Speaker 1: No? So okay, I think we need to lighten things

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up a bit. Okay, Yeah, how about a good old

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fashioned ghost story. I love a good ghost story. The

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vanishing hitchhiker anyone. This one has so many variations, it does,

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but the core elements remain the same. You pick up

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a hitchhiker, they vanished without a trace, and you're left

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with this chilling feeling that you've encountered something beyond the

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realm of the living.

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Speaker 2: Right, and sometimes they leave behind an item, yeah, like

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a personal item, or even like a warning, right about

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Speaker 1: Happen, about some impending danger. Yeah, it's like a glimpse

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into another dimension or a glitch in the matrix.

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seen totally, you know. Yeah, I think it really taps

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into our fascination with the unexplained. Yeah, you know, like

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the fact that there are these spirits or these echoes

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of the past. Yeah, that could be you know, intersecting

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with our present. Is kind of cool and scary at

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Speaker 1: It is, right, all right, So that was ethereal. It

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more tangible, okay, but no less freepy. I'm talking about

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the legend of the spider bite.

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Speaker 2: Ooh, this one's not for the faint of.

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Speaker 1: Heart, definitely not.

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Speaker 1: It plays on our primal fear of insects, particularly spiders especially,

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someone gets bitten by a spider and later the bite

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bursts open. Oh no, revealing a horrifying swarm of baby spikers.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's so gross.

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Speaker 1: I know, it's awful.

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Speaker 2: It's a nightmare.

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Speaker 1: It's a visceral image. It's like a nightmare brought to life.

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Speaker 1: It and it speaks to our anxieties about infestation, losing

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control over our own bodies, the fear of the unseen

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multiplying beneath the surface. Absolutely. Okay, I think I need

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to take a deep breath after that one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, me too.

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Speaker 1: Maybe something a little more melancholy. What about Lalrona oh

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La Lorona, the weeping woman. Yeah, a tragic figure from

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Mexican folklore. Right. So, she wanders near waterways searching for

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her drowned children, and her mournful cries are a harbinger

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of doom.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's truly a haunting story.

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Speaker 1: It is. It really is so driven by guilt and despair.

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it's a reminder of the enduring power of grief and

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the dangers that are lurking in the natural world.

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Speaker 2: For sure.

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Speaker 1: Love their own is so complex though. She is because

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she's both terrifying and pitiable at the same time. It is,

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you know, yeah, and I think she represents those devastating

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consequences of loss and the blurred lines between love and madness.

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the mood again. Okay, yeah, let's do it. Let's head

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back to the bathroom mirror for a classic.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary.

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Speaker 1: So, this ritualistic legend involves chanting her name in front

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of a mirror, daring her to appear. It's a rite

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of courage, a way to confront the unknown, for sure.

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Speaker 1: The anticipation in fear build with each repetition of her name.

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the guts to summon something from the other side. Yeah,

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bloody Mary herself, who's often depicted as this vengeful spirit

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covered in blood. Yeah, it kind of reinforces this idea

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that you're breaking a taboo, right, that you're crossing a

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Speaker 1: Like a dare gone wrong. Yeah, with potentially terrifying consequence.

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Speaker 2: We have.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we've gone from vengeful spirits to creatures that'll make

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your skin crawl. Yeah. Up. This first part of our

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deep dive d with the creature that has captured the

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imaginations of many, the chupacabra. Oh, the chupacabra embodies our

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fear of the unknown, it does, and the unsettling idea

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of a predator lurking in the shadows said to inhabit

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the Americas. It's off the blame for the gruesome deaths

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of livestock, Yes, with their bodies drained of blood. Aw,

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it's freaky. So I remember when the chupacabra craze hit.

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attributed to this creature. Is there any real evidence to

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suggest it exists?

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attributed to misidentified animals, like especially ones suffering from mange, right,

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the legend persists that does, which I think is really interesting.

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Speaker 1: It is interesting.

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Speaker 2: It speaks to our desire, I think, okay, to find

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an explanation for the strange things that happen in the world,

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especially the things that we can't easily explain, the.

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Speaker 1: Things that we can't categorize right exactly. Yes, It's like

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and sometimes the not knowing is the scariest part of all. Absolutely,

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We've got plenty more creepy tales to uncover, Yes, we do.

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Stay tuned for Part two of our deep dive into

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urban legends