Q 01/05
A) Baba Yaga
B) The Bell Witch
C) Kuchisake-onna
D) Bloody Mary
Answer · why
Bloody Mary may have grown out of old divination games in which girls peered into a mirror to glimpse a future husband; some versions call her Mary Wo...
Q 02/05
A) Ben Drowned
B) Jeff the Killer
C) The Rake
D) Slender Man
Answer · why
Slender Man was invented in 2009 by Eric Knudsen, posting as Victor Surge, who pasted the faceless figure into two doctored black-and-white photograph...
Q 03/05
A) Chupacabra
B) Mothman
C) Bigfoot
D) Jersey Devil
Answer · why
Chupacabra means 'goat-sucker' in Spanish, from chupa ('sucks') and cabras ('goats'), after its reported habit of draining livestock.
Q 04/05
A) Crocodiles
B) Alligators
C) Komodo Dragons
D) Caimans
Answer · why
Alligators: the legend grew out of real 1930s newspaper reports, such as a 1935 story of New York boys who lassoed a live alligator with a clothesline...
Q 05/05
A) The Backseat Killer
B) The Hookman
C) The Vanishing Hitchhiker
D) The Choking Doberman
Answer · why
The Hookman's hook, in most tellings, is found dangling from the car door handle once the couple have sped home, proof of how close he came.
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