Alligators in the Sewer: And 222 Other Urban Legends (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Alligators in the Sewer: And 222 Other Urban Legends Sunday, September 6 2009.

• Urban Legend (ur/ben lej/end) n. a fictional story, circulated by word-of-mouth, that is perpetuated by the continual assertion of truth. All the rumors that have passed through office e-mail networks, the fantastic stories that have "happened to a friend" and the horrifying tales told around campfires are gathered here for the first time in one fascinating, unbelievable collection. Organized by subject, chapters include: Naked at His Own Surprise Party and Other Sexual Escapades, The Stolen Kidney and Other Medical Disasters, The Gulf War Computer Virus and Other High Tech Scares, Roswells's Area 51 and Other Extraterrestrial Encounters, Elvis's Motorcycle and Other Celebrity Rumors, and many more. Each story runs one-to-two-pages long. Many of the stories have been told with a different twist--variations are included at the end of each tale.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Alligators in the Sewer: And 222 Other Urban Legends Sunday, September 6 2009.

• Added a contributor: Thomas J. Craughwell: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Alligators in the Sewer: And 222 Other Urban Legends Friday, July 17 2009.

• There may be some Americans who could not tell you the name of the vice president of the United States, but virtually every American knows that the sewers of New York City are full of alligators, that the cute little Chihuahua a tourist picked up in Mexico was really a rat and that a foolish woman tried to dry her poodle in a microwave.