Urban Legend of the The Monsters Chase Essays -- Urban Legends

The Monsters ChaseBackground and StoryIt was late on a weekday shadow a couple of weeks ago when I was unexpectedly told an urban fiction by a friend of mine in my dorm. I brought up a report I had to prepare round a local urban legend and my desire to find someone who knew a tale of the Goatman, a famous figure in folklore. My friend immediately recounted to me a story about a hairy monster that sounded rather similar. He had been told the story by a member of his group one iniquity at a juvenility hostel in Japan during an organized trip. The person who told him the story originally is from western Maryland. One night on this trip, we were in the hostel at night and one of the guys in the group told us a story about this monster. He said this actually happened to him. He lives out in western Maryland, promote west and north than Montgomery and Frederick counties. He and his girlfriend had snuck out to a party one night and were returning when they decided to stop at Mc Donalds to get dinner. They pulled over by the face of the road they were traveling on, knowing that the McDonalds was through a short tract of woods on the side of the road. About halfway through the woods a furry monster, black as space, with bright red eyes and sharp white teeth embellishes features with gestures, appeared and started chasing them. They sullen around and sprinted back to their car. They got inside, and the monster caught up and started banging on their doors and windows. The car started, and they burned rubber driving off, but they noticed that another car had pulled up and parked behind theirs. The monster man got into his car and also peeled off, chasing after them performs hand motions for two cars. After a couple m... ... whim and rather than start to it, pull over and choose to cross through woods because it saves them time. Theyve been out having fun, and the dangers of dark woods by a lonely road at night dont concern them. This carelessness ne arly costs them. The disappearing tire tracks the next day help to add to the message, they couldve been killed and disappeared, and the killer wouldnt do even left a trace. Works CitedConley, Brian. The Bunny Man Unmasked. Fairfax County, Virginia. Accessed 4/7/06. http//www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/bunny.htm.The Goatman. GOATMAN. Accessed 4/7/06. http//www.geocities.com/Area51/Aurora/4746/feature2.html.GoatMan Hollow The story. GoatMan Hollow. Accessed 4/7/06. http//users.dsdial.net/goatman/legend.htm.Matthews, Patricia. Goatman. Fantasy and Science Fiction. May 1995. 54-68.