Inevitable, of course, that the thread should have drifted into a rehearsal of some other urban myths, + a general consideration of urban myths as a genre, &c. I am not complaining -- it has been very interesting.

But just a reminder that my purpose in OP-ing was to solicit opinions as to the putative urban-mythical status of a particular narrative, which I related.

Anyone any further observations to add to that topic?

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