Edgar Morin may have been the first to describe the concept in his La Rumeur d'Orleans, but Jan Harold Brunvand is credited with being the first to us
Edgar Morin may have been the first to describe the concept in his La Rumeur d'Orleans, but Jan Harold Brunvand is credited with being the first to use the term, doing so in his collection, The Vanishing Hitchhiker. They have a dark tone and are often presented as cautionary tales involving horrific crimes and contaminated foods. FTP, give the name of these modern talltales whose tellers would have us believe that alligators live in New York City's sewers, toilet water flows in opposite directions on either side of the equator, and that drinking carbonated beverages while consuming Pop Rocks will make your stomach explode.
Edgar Morin may have been the first to describe the concept in his La Rumeur d'Orleans, but Jan Harold Brunvand is credited with being the first to use the term, doing so in his collection, The Vanishing Hitchhiker.
{urban legend} [accept {urban myth}]