Wednesday, May 8, 2013

This last one is scary.. Facebook Urban Legend

Facebook is going to charge

"FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE... PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO...IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY."

Rumors that Facebook would start charging users for the privilege of sharing baby photos and "poking" people they sat next to in the second grade have circulated for the past couple years. Recently the announcement that Facebook would partner with Skype to offer video chat reignited rumors that the house that Mark Zuckerberg (and a bunch of other dudes) built would start charging for video and other services.


Ironically this rumor often takes the form of a status update Facebook users are told to repost or a "Stop Facebook From Charging" Facebook group. Back in 2009, a Facebook group called "We are against paying $4.99 for Facebook" turned out to be a (big shock) virus-spreading hoax. As a spokesperson for Facebook recently told The Huffington Post, "Facebook is free and always will be." (The price of a free Facebook is eternal vigilance when it comes to your privacy settings, however.) Let this be a lesson to all those who think that the way to show your disapproval for a Facebook policy is to spend more time on Facebook.

Another cautionary tale...

During the late evening hours, a young couple parks at an out-of-town or otherwise very secluded lovers' lane, to do what teen couples like to do in private. A location in a wooded area is selected so that the trees can afford the best assurance of privacy. They manage to park near a nice, big tree with grand leaves branching out overhead, making their park location seem all the more secluded and cozy.

After making out for a time, the couple realize that it is time to head home but the car won't start. The boy checks the gas gauge and notes that the indicator needle is quite decidedly toward the low end of the scale, so he determines that he will have to go for a walk and get some gas. Since his girlfriend is either too feminine and frail or too scared to accompany him, she is told to stay in the locked car until he returns with fuel.

The girlfriend waits quite some time, all the while, calculating how long it should take for her boyfriend to retrieve some gasoline at a nearby gas station they passed on their way to their make-out spot. At around the time she begins to worry, thinking that too much time has passed and that her boyfriend surely shouldn't be taking so long to return, she hears a light but strange tap-scratch-tapping sound on the roof of the car. She peers out the windows but still doesn't see her boyfriend returning, and assumes that the annoying tapping sound must be some tree branches blown to tap and scrape against the roof of the car. A lot of time has passed since her boyfriend departed and she's starting to get quite frightened that something bad has happened to him.

As her worry heightens, she spends a very fretful, fitful time in the locked car, wondering what troubles her boyfriend might have encountered to keep him from returning with gasoline within an hour or two. Finally, her exhausted nerves wear her down, along with the annoying noise of the branches playing across the rooftop, and she falls asleep for a little while. As daybreak is dawning, she starts awake, hearing footsteps approach the car, and expects it is her boyfriend, finally back with the gas! She looks up, shocked to see the local sheriff, instead. He is walking toward the car, is motioning for her to step out of the car. He also warns, very distinctly, "Get out, come with me and do not look back at the car - I repeat - do not look back at the car."
 
She opens the car door and allows the sheriff to lead her away from the car and toward his own, however, once she is seated in the sheriff's car, she immediately turns her head to look back...
and sees...her boyfriend, dead, hanging upside down directly over the roof of the car, suspended from the branch of a tree. His throat is slit, blood dripping, and his fingertips just barely touch the roof of the car.

Don't have sex!
"The Boyfriend's Death" or "The Dead Boyfriend" urban legend had not been proven to be a 'story' based on true events. It is true that some 'Lovers Lane' murders have occurred in various North American, British and other locations, but it is commonly accepted that this urban legend was in full circulation aside from or independent of any "lovers lane" murders that have occurred in North America or Britain.
In short, this tale would likely exist regardless of coincidental real-life lover's lane happenings because the tale is 'cautionary' in nature.
It is a by-product of parental concerns about their sons and daughters growing up, having sex, gaining independence, fending (or not fending) for themselves in the world.
Although it also cannot be proven that absolutely no aspects of the tale derived from any real-life points at all, those who would proclaim that the story is based in 'truth' of a real-life boyfriend murder are likely just good tale-tellers, and no particular, sizable incident that I've ever been able to find is linked as the basis for this story.

A Lesson for the Babysitter..

No one is exactly sure when it originated, but is believed to have started in the 1960's. Teenagers weren't as responsible as they are now so babysitting was a big deal then. The story was to show that the teenager wasn't only responsible for herself but the children too and she failed to prove herself. She was more concerned about herself to even try to save the children. Watching television could have also been a reason she hadn't known anyone had broken in because she was too absorbed in it. So not only can you use this to scare your children, you can scare your own babysitter into doing their job! There are many ways you can analyze this urban legend.

As the legend goes, a teenage girl is hired by a young couple to babysit their children for the first time. The couple leaves to go to a dinner party. The teenager is to watch the children in a large, somewhat, isolated house. The couple does not expect to be back until late.

In some variations the children are already in bed when she gets there. She is mostly their only so they won't be alone in the house. Another variation is that the children are awake when she arrives. They watch TV until their bedtime and she puts them to sleep.

As the night progresses the teenager continues to watch television, dozing off occasionally. She is jerked completely awake once the phone rings. She answers it only to hear one of two things; heavy breathing and creepy laughter. He says one thing to her that also varies in different stories. The man either tells her that he is coming for her or that he is upstairs with the children. Of course the teenager is frightened but she hangs the phone up and dismisses the phone call as a prank call.


After a short while the phone rings again. He repeats what he says earlier, scaring the girl further. She finally decides to call the police. They tell her it's probably nothing to worry about but they will try to trace the call anyway. They tell her that if he calls again to keep him on the line as long as possible. She is a bit unnerved as she sits back on the couch. She was one hundred percent awake now.

Once again the mystery guy calls her. Instead of hanging up she tries to keep him on the line. She tries to get answers out of him but he eventually hangs up on her. Finally something pops into her head and tells her it would probably be a good idea to check on the children.


As she heads to the stairs the phone once again rings. She answers, expecting the heavy breathing but instead hears the voice of a frantic officer.

"Get out of the house. The man is inside the house. Leave immediately!"

Terrified the girl quickly flees the house. The police arrive not that long after. The man had gotten away. They found the children murdered in their beds. A bloody axe was found by an open window. If the teenager had went to check on the kids she would have been killed as well.

The fact that the man was able to get away is never missed. He is free to terrorize other people which is why this urban legend is so creepy. They never caught him. Who knows who his next victim could be...

The Creepy Clown Staute

I am not too sure how true this one is, but I did some research, and the end always changes a bit.  Well first I'm going to give you the story about the creepy clown statue.

One night a couple decided that they could use a break so they made plans to go out for dinner. They hired a babysitter that a friend of theirs had suggested. Once the teenager arrives the father requests that after she puts their children to sleep that she goes into their bedroom and watch some TV. They had recently just moved into their home so a lot of the house had yet to have been completed. He doesn't want her to wander around the house where she could knock stuff over.

Soon the parents leave and she puts the kids to sleep. She does as the father says and watches TV in their bedroom, or at least she tries. She is too disturbed by the clown statue to focus. Eventually, she gets too creeped out by the statue and calls the father.
Clown

"Hey. Sorry to bother you but do you think it would be okay if I covered the clown stature. It is really freaking me out."

There was a moment of silence,"Grab the kids and get out of the house now. Go to the neighbors. We will be there soon."

"What? Why?"

"Please just go."

She agreed and gathered the kids. They waited at the neighbors for a few minutes before the police and the parents arrived. They explained to her that they did not own a clown statue. The children had talked about a clown watching them sleep but they thought they were just having bad dreams.

The police capture the clown who was really a mentally unstable midget. He had been living in their house for awhile. Since it was so large he was able to sneak around without being seen. The midget had been in the parent's room and couldn't leave without the babysitter seeing so he froze and pretended to be a statue.

So this story is so creepy! This story happened in California, but everywhere I have found this story it has been proven as a fake story! Again, this story was made up to make children behave while their parents are away, and while they are in the care of a babysitter.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

La Llorona

"Mis hijooooos, mis hijoooooos!" the ghostly voice travels through the night sky under the full moon, bringing terror into the hearts of children across Mexico. The cry of "my children, my children" is the lament of "La Llorona" or "The Crying Woman", an ancient tale famous in Mexico and Latin America, told for centuries in a myriad of variations. As we approach the end of October and the "Day of the Dead" and Halloween, it seems an appropriately scary story to share.

Habia una vez...ahem...Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful woman named Maria living in a small town in Mexico. She was beautiful, but she was also arrogant, and was determined not to marry a man from the pueblo, but a man of stature, good looks and wealth. One day a handsome wanderer arrived in the town and Maria set her mind to making him her husband. She used her feminine wiles, knowing that in ignoring the man she would make him hers. The man fell for Maria and asked her to be his, they married and she bore him two children. The man eventually returned to his wandering ways, rejecting Maria and leaving town. Maria became distraught and blaming the children for the loss of her husband, she tossed them into the river to their death. Upon seeing what she had done and realizing her mistake, Maria threw herself in the river after them. After that day, the villagers would hear her cries on the nights of the full moon, "my childreeeeen, my childreeeeeen" as the ghost of Maria searched for the souls of her lost niƱos.



The story has been told to children for centuries, as a warning for them to behave or "La Llorona will come to take you". Movies have been made of the story, plays are performed every year for the "Day of the Dead" and there is a famous song by Chavela Vargas, "La Llorona", about a heart-broken person begging the Crying Woman to take them to the river. This month a new animated movie, "La Leyenda de La Llorona" was released in Mexico, an adventure story set in Xochimilco following the adventures of children seeking the Crying Woman. I was delighted to take my son to the theater and see it full of families, a thrill to see support for a Mexican-made movie (and a testament to the popularity of the story). This is a vital piece of Mexican culture.

Japanese Urban Legend

japanese_suicideThe story is this, in Japan shortly before a teenage girl committed suicide, she drew this picture, scanned it and posted it online. In Korea this story broke out and it spread like wildfire. There are various posts around in Korean forums that say that the viewer gets drawn to the girls blue eyes, they say they can detect a hint of wraith and sadness within the eyes. Maybe the girl had died with so much sadness and anger that her spirit haunts the image, or maybe the image provoke sadness, similar to the song ‘Gloomy Sunday’.
The freaky bit is this, they say it is hard for a person to stare into the girls eyes for longer than 5 minutes, there are reports that some people have taken their own lives after doing so. People say the picture changes, as you view it there is a hint of a growing taunting smirk appearing on the girls lips or a dark ring grows around the girl or her eyes.

Can you stare into her eyes for more than five minutes?

Wedding superstitions!

A lot of these "superstitions" originated in other cultures for reasons having nothing to do with good or bad fortune.
"Seeing a bride before the wedding" ? Well, in countries and cultures where marriages were arranged, the bride and groom may not meet before the wedding.  White dresses have nothing to do with purity and everything to do with proving your family is wealthy enough to buy you a dress that's only used one time. 


During the "marriage by capture" era, close friends of the groom-to-be assisted him when he kidnapped the bride from her family. The first ushers and best men were more like a small army, fighting off the brides angry relatives as the groom rode away with her.
 
Bridesmaids and maids of honor became more common when weddings were planned. For several days before the marriage, a senior maid attended to the bride-to-be. This maid or matron of honor, as we know her today, ensured that the bridal wreath was made and helped the bride get dressed. All bridesmaids helped the bride decorate for the wedding feast.
For a long time, bridesmaids wore dresses much like the bride's gown, while ushers dressed in clothing that was similar to the groom's attire. This tradition began for protection against evil rather than for uniformity; if evil spirits or jealous suitors attempted to harm the newlyweds, they would be confused as to which two people were the bride and groom.

 
The wedding is one of life's primeval and surprisingly unchanged rites of passage. Nearly all of the customs we observe today are merely echoes of the past. Everything from the veil, rice, flowers, and old shoes, to the bridesmaids and processionals, at one time, bore a very specific and vitally significant meaning. Today, although the original substance is often lost, we incorporate old world customs into our weddings because they are traditional and ritualistic.
Old world marriage customs continue to thrive today, in diluted, disguised and often upgraded forms. Customs we memorialize today were once "brand new" ideas. Although historical accuracy is hard to achieve, the historical weight attached to old world wedding customs and traditions is immense. While reading through these pages, feel free to use, reinterpret, or omit them in your own wedding.
Remember, as you plan for your wedding, to create new family traditions and customs to be handed down to your children and their children. Just think, maybe someday, your "new custom" will be as unique and exciting as these presented here.
 
All wedding and engagement rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand. The vein in this finger was once believed by ancient Romans to go directly to the heart. Pretty obvious symbolism there.

Monday, May 6, 2013

La Lechuza, a horrible way to get your kids to behave!

When I was about six or seven years old, my older cousins baby-sat my brother, sister, and me one Saturday night.  We used to love playing outside until dark, and if we could play until the sun came up, we totally would!  Well that night my two older cousins were getting annoyed and tired and wanted us to go inside because it was already 10p.m., but we refused.  My two older cousins then started talking to each other about how they were worried that "you know who" was coming out that night.  I started to listen in on their conversation and asked them what they were talking about, but they just got quiet and stared at the sky.  So then, one of my cousins screamed in terror and yelled for us to run inside and hide from "her."  My brother and I could not have ran fast enough, but we managed to find a closet on the far end of the house, but we had lost my older sister! We could hear my older cousin screaming, "Lechuza, don't take me, take Sasha!" (My older sister) So my brother and I started crying hysterically, and my other cousin came in the room making noise, and we thought it was what ever had "taken my sister" and opened the closet door and found us crying! All he did was laugh and told us that next time we need to listen to them when they tell us to go inside! My sister was also a part of this mean joke!  After this, I did listen anytime my parents or whoever was babysitting told me to do something! Some time later I asked my parents what a "lechuza" was and they explained it was an urban legend about an owl/witch that takes children if they don't behave, of course trying to get me to behave.


There have been many accounts of this strage creature throughout the Southwest and Mexico for the past century. The Lechuza has its origins in the rural communities in Mexico and till this day, people still have wicked encounters with the "Owl Lady". Witches who are known for practicing both ancient medicine and black magic plus at times have the power to transform themselves into giant owls and prey on those who have done them wrong or steal children for ritual purposes. Apart from the traditional European witches we are familiar with, these Lechuzas have their origins in the rural parts of Mexico where old communities still believe in their power of witchcraft and transfiguration.  It is believed that they work for Satan to lure or capture children for rituals. They have not only have the power to transforms themselves into giant owls, they can also change their voice as that of a baby crying outside as to lure you to step outside for a brief moment. That is the creepiest thing I have ever read! Now, if I ever hear a crying kid outside, I'm calling the cops so they can deal with it!

So, needless to say, I was a pretty behaved child, sort of.. 

The BoogeyMan! Ahhhh!

Have you ever stared at your closet door late at night when you were alone and imagined it slowly sliding open from the inside? Have you ever checked underneath your bed to make sure no one was hiding there and waiting for you to fall asleep? There is no physical embodiment of this fear, but there is a word for it. This entity is the master of bedroom fright, and is known as the " Boogeyman". 
Where the heck did this darn boogeyman come from? I was scared of finding this dude under my bed when I was younger, and now I can get my  niece and nephews to behave, or else I call this boogeyman on my cell phone!  The bogeyman legend originates from Scotland, where such creatures are sometimes called bogles, boggarts, or bogies. The bogeyman changes description from region to region but generally means a person that causes irrational fear.




It's common knowledge that the Boogeyman is the Santa Claus of horror. Parents use this creature with a heart of darkness, that resides in a realm that somehow allows it to warp into any child's closet and reek havoc. This tale is key in teaching children obedience via supposed "hollow" threats. "If you aren't good the Boogeyman will get you, " they might say to their frightened young lings. Then, as parents bask in the warmth of a well-oiled order-taking child, they realize they've instilled fear in them that will take many restless nights to go away. The lights will go out and the nightmares will begin.

Girls, listen to your parents!



The folk tale of a women’s dance with the devil is an old legend. An early version surfaced in 1875 in Danzig, Poland. A more contemporary retelling places the devil at a San Antonio dance hall in 1975.

Folklore binds cultures, enforcing traditional values and norms. The tale of the dance is a warning against promiscuity and perhaps a paean for a patriarchal society — had the women not disobeyed her father, and been pious, she would still be alive.

The punishment for her impiety came quickly. Around midnight, she saw a handsomely dressed stranger with black hair and eyes that glistened like onyx, coming towards her to ask her for a dance. She took his arm with pleasure as they began to dance with perfect grace, but faster and faster . . .
 

One of the musicians watched the dancing people carefully, and one can imagine how he felt when he noticed that the stranger had the cloven hoof of Satan! He drew his comrades' attention to it, and in the very middle of the waltz they were playing, they changed the tune and broke into a religious hymn. The clock struck twelve, the devil pulled his partner close to him and in a frantic whirl crossed with her to the other side of the room and crashed through the window. The girl was found lying on the green grass in the garden covered with broken glass. The devil had disappeared.

I found a story about a DJ from McAllen who witnessed something like this in 1979; creepy that it is a little closer to home than we think.

Haunted Railroad Tracks

So, I'm sure we have all heard the story about the haunted railroad tracks in San Antonio, well I thought I would also talk about it here!


Back in the 1930s or 1940s, a school bus full of children was making its way down the road and toward the intersection when it stalled on the railroad tracks. A speeding train smashed into the bus, killing 10 of the children and the bus driver. Since that dreadful accident many years ago, any car stopped near the railroad tracks will be pushed by unseen hands across the tracks to safety. It is the spirits of the children, they say, who push the cars across the tracks to prevent a tragedy and fate like their own.
 

Even today, cars line up at the haunted intersection to see if the legend is true. The driver stops the cars some 20 to 30 yards from the tracks and puts the car in neutral gear. Some even turn off their engines. And sure enough, even though it appears that the road is on an upward grade, the car begins to roll. It rolls slowly first, then steadily gaining speed - seemingly of its own accord and against gravity - up and over the tracks. This has been tested time and time again, and cars really do roll up and over the tracks - every time.
But that's not all. The second half of this legend is that if a light powder - like talcum or baby powder - is sprinkled over the car's trunk and rear bumper, tiny fingerprints and handprints will appear - the prints of the ghost children pushing the car. Many who have tried it swear that indeed they can see the evidence of small children's handprints in the powder.


I found a video online that proves this could be true...
Haunted RailroadTracks

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

DEMONS OR THE SUBCONSCIOUS? The evil Ouija board!



For the sake of argument, however, let’s say that tales of terror about the Ouija board are true.  Should we blame the board? Or should we blame the people using the board? In other words, where is this negativity really coming from? Is it coming from a demon, who I guess we have to assume is sitting around with nothing better to do, waiting for teenagers to sit down at a Ouija board to scare the crap out of them with a selection of supernatural antics? Or is it more likely that any effects – supernatural or not – arise out of the energized subconscious of the users? Are the movements all in their heads??

You’ll know that I do believe that people can get possessed using this board, and I would never use it! I may be too much of a "pastor's daughter" do even allow someone into my house with this thing because I don't call it a game. 

These are ancient superstitions – that may be made up, but I don't want to find out that they aren't! It is pretty much unknown who invented the Ouija board...but I have read on several websites it was Elijah Bond, whose name was on the original patent documents under the heading "inventor". Still, some say it as a man named Charles Kennard. Regardless of who actually invented the board, it is still creepy!



In 1848, two sisters in New York said they made contact with a dead peddler -- and basically kicked off the widespread popularity of "Spiritualism" in America.  Through the late 18th century and early 19th century, communicating with the dead became a very popular and widespread activity. Some people took it very seriously, a lot of people thought it was just a fun past time, and a lot of people were more interested in profiting off the trend than anything else.  The primary reason the Ouija board came into being was because people more-or-less found other methods of communication (interpreting knocks and taps, or illegible scrawl from a spirit-writing device) to be boring after a while -- and were frustrated with methods that resulted in little/hard-to-understand payoff.

Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I won't be playing with this "game" anytime soon!  I have also found some stories online that you can read and decide for yourself whether or not you think its real. 
And yes, I really am a pastor's daughter...

"It goes a little something like this. This is not actually about me, but about what happened to my dad, but it has affected all who enter our house.
One night, my dad and his buddies were at our house, just messing around. They were about 17 or so. Well, somebody had the brilliant idea of bringing along an ouija board. At first, it was all in good fun, they were just asking random questions. Then, they asked “its” name. It began rambling off letters for about five minutes, it looked like it had a whole mess of different names inside it. It would have kept going, but they decided to stop it. Then they asked how old it was, and it did the same thing. It just went on, and on with random numbers, and they eventually just stopped that too. Then, they asked, “Could you possess us?” and it pointed to “yes”. They asked, “could we help you?” and it pointed to “yes” again. Then, being the idiot he was, my dad jokingly took a crucifix and touched it to the ouija board. The second it touched, Jesus fell off of the crucifix at hands & feet" 

"Hello,my name is Joey,I am from Illinois in the USA. I have been a Paranormal Investigator for 14 years. My beginning was with a Ouiji Board,I had no religion at the time. I had sat down with two friends,and we entered the ouiji board,it lead us to the gatekeeper…”Amond”…who lead us to several other spirits,including my deceased father. well things got nasty quick,after the demon made me mad,it royally pissed me off. I challenged its power for 2 solid hours. Finally I just stood up and walked away. A week later,I was driving down a dirt farm road,I noticed that the air in the car was heavy,so I rolled down my window. I started feeling sick to my stomach,so I stopped my car,and took some deep breathes. I lite my cigarette,and started to turn on my car,suddenly my back of my neck felt sharply cold…then heat warmed my neck up fast…..then I felt this liquid sensation on my back of my neck. I thought it was just sweat….,I pulled my hand back and my hand was full of blood. I drove fast to the emergency room,were I was treated for deep cuts on the back of my neck,the nurse asked me if I was in a fight? I simply replied “yes”..but in a spiritual sense,then I went home."

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Alright party people, this next urban myth I tried was a not so easy one for me.  I dreaded this one, but I tried BLOODY MARY! It took my a whole hour to try and finish saying the name three times, but while I practically cried and prayed, I did it, and found that nothing happens. I am not saying I would try it again, but I'm just saying that this too is another urban legend proved to be false.  What a waste of time! Just kidding, I was pretty scared!  I looked it up and there are various theories as to who the woman behind the Bloody Mary legend is, but many believe her to be a woman named Mary Tudor.
 
Mary Tudor is confirmed to have actually existed and I’m not surprised that she’s believed to be the origin of the Bloody Mary legend as her life was often soaked in blood. Mary Tudor was the daughter of the notorious King Henry the VIII who is famous for putting his wives to death whenever he grew tired of them.  So, she did see her share of "bloody" acts because Mary was the daughter to the very first wife of King Henry.
Not only did King Henry kill people, but he disowned Mary, and forced her to work as a servant for her younger sister.  Well at the age of 37, Mary became queen, so she finally had a chance to turn things around.  Unfortunately, she didn't really change much, except for the fact that she didn't kill husband after husband; she did burn people at the stake because they didn't follow her religion.  So, that is where the name "bloody mary" came from.  
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/maryeworth.jpgSo, if someone else wants to try it, and tell me what happened, that would be awesome.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

My First Myth Buster!

So, I am sure that we have all heard our share of "urban legends," and I am pretty sure it has been through some second-cousin's-next-door-neighbor's-dog-sitter-from-two-blocks-down! Well I am here to tell you that I will be checking these scary stories out! I want to go to whatever "haunted" dorm hall there is at UTPA, and try Bloody Mary.  I am not saying I am not scared because that is far from it! I still sleep with a nightlight! All those will come in time, so let's start small.

With that said, I already had my first myth busting experience!  And it is with one I am sure you all have heard of; The famous "don't eat pop rocks and coke because you will explode" myth! It is false! I tried this, and all that happened was an upset stomach!

So here it is folks, the truth behind the pop rocks and coke urban legend, and it was not true.  I mean, I wouldn't recommend you go out and buy these two because they are unhealthy, but if you would like to try it yourself, you don't have to be scared anymore!

 1) Pop Rocks & Coke 
 2) Bloody Mary