Urban Legends

[phoenixrising79]

This is an urban legend ?The Hook? or Hookman about a teenage boy who drove his date to a dark and deserted Lovers? Lane to make out. After turning on the radio for mood music, he leaned over and began kissing the girl.
A short while later, the music suddenly stopped and a news announcer?s voice came on, warning in an urgent tone that a convicted murderer had just escaped from the state insane asylum ? which happened to be located not far from Lovers? Lane ? and that anyone who noticed a strange man lurking about with a hook in place of his right hand should immediately report his whereabouts to the police.

The girl became frightened and asked to be taken home. The boy, feeling bold, locked all the doors instead and, assuring his date they would be safe, attempted to kiss her again. She became frantic and pushed him away, insisting that they leave. Relenting, the boy in a huff jerked the car into gear and spun its wheels as he pulled out of the parking space.

When they arrived at the girl?s house she got out of the car, and, reaching to close the door, began to scream uncontrollably. The boy ran to her side to see what was wrong and there, dangling from the door handle, was a bloody hook.

[phoenixrising79]

One night a woman went out for drinks with her girlfriends. She left the bar fairly late at night, got in her car and onto the deserted highway. After a few miles, she noticed she was low on gas and pulled into a gas station.

She was frightened by the odd behavior of the attendant, who kept trying to get her to leave the car and join him in the office. She refused and drove off as fast as she could.

As she drove, she noticed a lone pair of headlights in her rear-view mirror, approaching fast. As the car pulled up behind her, dangerously close to her tailgate and the brights flashed.

Now she was getting nervous. The car behind her kept flashing the lights off and on and the driver seemed to be shouting and making signs with his hands.

Through every stoplight and turn, it followed her until she reached home and pulled into her driveway. Terrified, she made a mad dash into her house and called the police. As she ran from the car, so did the driver of the car behind her ? and he screamed, ?Lock the door and call the police! Call 911!?

When the police arrived the horrible truth was finally revealed to the woman. The man in the car had been trying to save her. As he pulled up behind her and his headlights illuminated her car, he saw the silhouette of a man with an axe rising up from the back seat behind her, so he flashed his brights to warn her.

The police arrested the crazed killer in the backseat who turned out to be an escaped mental patient. It was an extremely scary night and the woman had a lucky escape.