# Urban Legends/Paranormal Feud \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959 "2008-07-28T18:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/61 "2008-07-29T15:50:26Z")
1. Pitt Bull barfs up criminials fingers 2. Abe Vigoda 3. Roswell 4. Kids making out and killer with artificial hand is in the area. They drive off and hand is stuck in door handle 5. Twinkies last 2000 years 6. Amelia Earhart 7. Bigfoot, is more than ons bigfeet? 8 Virgin Mary all over the place 8. Edgar Casey 9. do not know HarpoMarx. ? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/62 "2008-07-29T15:51:19Z")
1. A cat is believed to have died after eating the food being served to guests, so the guests are rushed to the emergency room to have their stomachs pumped, only to return and learn the cat had been accidentally killed by a neighbor. 2. Jerry Mathers (The Beaver) 3. Roswell NM 4. A woman in traffic was being followed by a car that kept flashing it’s lights at her which she discovers later was warning her and preventing a man hiding in the back seat of her car from attacking her. 5. A woman ordered fried chicken at a famous chicken restaurant only to get a battered, fried rat. 6. Jimmy Hoffa 7. Sasquatch 8. The virgin Mary 9. Sylvia Browne (spit) 10. Samuel L. Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/63 "2008-07-29T15:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=jali] I WILL someday make it there. I’m a Neil Gaiman fan, and when I found the link to that “place of power” I was very excited. I didn’t know that the [House on The Rock](http://www.thehouseontherock.com/index.htm) was real. [/QUOTE] House on the Rock is the actual house which is wonderful. The area was missed by the glacier so, it’s completely different from the majority of Wisconsin. The whole complex goes by that name and is metal building after building of stuff and you’ll need a whole day to tour. You will get tired at some point and race through it. The House on the Rock Inn is separate and down the road miles from the complex. the Inn is a fantasy sweet establishment, and you can avoid the Inn to save money and go see the House. They also offered tours of the workshop at one time that may still operate, but I don’t think it’s worth the limited time you’ll have. As for Dundee it’s at the opposite side of Wisconsin, and is in the Kettle Moraine park system, which is an area that highlights glacier features quit well. Look for fossilized corals in the rocks when your in that area. Visit the Ice Age Center to understand kames and moraines. By Dundee is a federal area called Spruce Bog. It’s hard to find, but you can view many rare species including some Pitcher plants. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/64 "2008-07-29T16:11:01Z")
Okay, that’s fifty entries. Scores will be up sometime this afternoon (Eastern Daylight Time). Interesting that so many people appeared unfamiliar with the “hit the floor” legend, and that a large subset of that group assumed the man was blind (Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/65 "2008-07-29T16:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Interesting that so many people appeared unfamiliar with the “hit the floor” legend, and that a large subset of that group assumed the man was blind (Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles). [/QUOTE] As long as he’s black, though… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/66 "2008-07-29T18:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Okay, that’s fifty entries. Scores will be up sometime this afternoon (Eastern Daylight Time). Interesting that so many people appeared unfamiliar with the “hit the floor” legend, and that a large subset of that group assumed the man was blind (Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles). [/QUOTE] But since it’s an urban legend, people might hear it about different celebrities. I don’t really remember who’s name I heard in the story. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/67 "2008-07-29T19:18:41Z")
Congratulations to our winner, **42fish** , as well as runner-up **Hilarity N. Suze** and bronze medalist **bmoak**! Perfect score would have been 416. 1. 42fish 368 2. Hilarity N. Suze 360 3. bmoak 354 4. Bryan Ekers 346 5. meenie7 340 6. swampbear 336 7. Harmonious Discord 308 KayElCee 308 8. Little Nemo 298 9. delphica 290 10. 5-4-Fighting 284 11. Hoopy Frood 282 12. bleach 274 Freudian Slit 274 Gangster Octopus 274 3acresandatruck 274 13. Beadalin 272 Sternvogel 272 14. jackdavinci 270 15. OtakuLoki 266 16. bibliophage 264 mshar253 264 Zebra 264 17. Miller 256 twickster 256 winterhawk11 256 18. cmkeller 250 Dolores Reborn 250 robardin 250 19. pravnik 248 20. RachelChristine 240 21. El\_Kabong 236 22. brujaja 232 Fretful Porpentine 232 23. Aholibah 230 astorian 230 24. pedescribe 228 25. photopat 226 26. Hockey Monkey 224 27. gonzomax 218 28. SpazCat 208 29. j666 198 30. 5 time champ 196 31. want2know 182 32. Really Not All That Bright 168 33. jali 166 34. tdn 150 35. Busy Scissors 146 36. Gala Matrix Fire 144 37. Taber 106 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/68 "2008-07-29T19:45:20Z")
woohoo! I got higher in this than I’ve been doing in **Dolores** ’s feuds. Thanks for running this fun one, **Sternvogel**. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/69 "2008-07-29T19:52:49Z")
Congratulations, **42fish**! I see **Swampy** in the top ten also! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/70 "2008-07-29T20:00:22Z")
6th from last! Almost notable! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/71 "2008-07-29T20:27:53Z")
Tabulations for individual questions, with explanations. If you supplied what I considered to be two distinct answers to one question, I went with the first item mentioned. 1. Pet legend Dog/cat in microwave 24 Mexican Pet 6 Choking Doberman 5 Alligators in sewers 3 Febreze/Swiffer fatal 3 Cats steal babies’ breath 2 Cat eats “poison” salmon loaf 1 Cats land on their feet 1 Chocolate kills dogs 1 Dead pet replaced 1 Dog fetches dynamite 1 Gerbil stuffing 1 Pet becomes meal 1 2. Prematurely reported death Paul McCartney 18 Abe Vigoda 4 Jerry Mathers 4 Alfred Nobel 3 Bob Hope 3 Elvis Presley 3 Mikey from Life commercials 2 Pope John Paul II 2 Agatha Christie 1 Anna Nicole Smith 1 Bob Barker 1 David Livingstone 1 Dick Cheney 1 Francisco Franco 1 James Brady 1 John Darwin 1 Sinbad 1 Steve Burns (Blue’s Clues) 1 Yul Brynner 1 3. UFO hotbed Roswell 38 Area 51 11 Bermuda Triangle 1 I thought of saying “besides Roswell”. Area 51 would have probably just become the conch then, however. 4. Automobile legend Gang bangers wait for headlights’ flash 12 Man with the hook 7 Fuel-efficient vehicle suppressed 4 Vanishing hitchhiker/Resurrection Mary 4 $100 Porsche 3 Killer in back seat 3 Haunted car/James Dean curse 2 JATO car 2 Nova literally a “no go” 2 Avoid cars built on Mondays 1 Classic car sold as junk 1 (I consider this different from the $100 Porsche as it reflects ignorance, as opposed to revenge.) Convertible filled with cement 1 Cruise control on as couple in trailer 1 Ghost kids push car 1 Grandma’s corpse stolen from roof 1 Hitler invented Volkswagen 1 Mechanical fault causes crashes (mistaking brake for accelerator) 1 Rare penny nets car 1 Spanish Fly-induced gearshift impalement 1 Sugar in gas tank 1 5. Food legend Mikey’s Pop Rocks and soda death 13 Kentucky Fried Rat 9 Coke douche as contraceptive 2 Coke once contained cocaine 2 Razor blades in Halloween “treats” 2 Red Velvet Cake/Neiman-Marcus recipe scam 2 Tourists served own pet 2 Twinkies’ eternal shelf life 2 Worms in McDonald’s burgers 2 Baby Ruth naming 1 Babysitter cooks baby 1 Celery provides negative calories 1 Chinese restaurants routinely serve cat 1 Coca-Cola means “bite the wax tadpole” 1 Feces tacos 1 Five Second Rule 1 Green M&M’s make you horny 1 Gum stays in stomach 1 Oysters as aphrodisiacs 1 Salmonella tomatoes 1 Spam tastes like “long pig” 1 Spider eggs in Bubble Yum 1 Yellow 5 lowers sperm count 1 1. Mysterious disappearance Amelia Earhart 20 Jimmy Hoffa 20 (I figured these two would battle it out) Judge Crater 4 D.B. Cooper 2 Lord Lucan 1 Madalyn Murray O’Hair 1 Natalee Holloway 1 Pass 1 1. Animal never proven to exist Bigfoot/Sasquatch 26 Yeti/Abominable Snowman 8 Chupacabra 7 Loch Ness Monster 4 Unicorn 2 Dragon 1 Jackalope 1 Mermaid 1 1. Person whose ghost is reported Abraham Lincoln 15 Anne Boleyn 7 Bloody Mary 4 Elvis Presley 4 Princes in the Tower 3 Virgin Mary 3 (although believers insist she never actually died, but was [assumed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary) into Heaven) Brown Lady of Raynham (famous spectral photograph) 2 Harry Houdini 2 Bell Witch 1 Christmas Past 1 Gettysburg soldiers 1 Jesus Christ 1 (although if you worship him as Christ, you don’t believe he died after his resurrection, but instead [ascended](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus) into Heaven) Lady Jane Grey 1 La Llorona 1 Lizzie Borden’s parents 1 Mary, Queen of Scots 1 Sarah Winchester 1 Vanishing Hitchhiker 1 1. Psychic or medium John Edward 22 (even if you think he **is** the biggest douche in the universe, you should at least [spell his name correctly)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward) Sylvia Browne 10 Edgar Cayce 4 Jeane Dixon 4 Miss Cleo 3 Nostradamus 3 Uri Geller 2 Kreskin 1 Pass 1 1. Black man in elevator Eddie Murphy 20 Reggie Jackson 9 (the name I heard when I first learned of the story, but I correctly figured Murphy would get more votes) Michael Jordan 6 Stevie Wonder 4 Ray Charles 2 Clarence Williams III 1 Danny Glover 1 Denzel Washington 1 Flip Wilson 1 Harpo Marx 1 Lionel Richie 1 O.J. Simpson 1 Samuel L. Jackson 1 Will Smith 1 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/72 "2008-07-29T20:28:33Z")
Out of the 40s for the first time in 4 or 5 feuds! Whee! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/73 "2008-07-29T21:02:28Z")
You know, my father always said if I worked as hard as possible, I could reach #38. I finally made him proud. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/74 "2008-07-29T21:05:46Z")
Is no else giggling at the sight of Harpo Marx in amongst all those black guys? Number 11, I’ll take it. Thanks, **Sternvogel** , for a fun feud. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/75 "2008-07-29T21:51:54Z")
_bows_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/76 "2008-07-29T23:05:55Z")
Hmph. By “Mary Queen of Scots” I of course meant “Bloody Mary,” though even that wouldn’t’ve done me any good. Fun feuds, **Sternvogel**! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/77 "2008-07-29T23:48:34Z")
Hangin’ on in the top ten! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/78 "2008-07-30T06:42:11Z")
I consider Yeti and Bigfoot to be the same thing, but I’m still way behind lol :smack: ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/79 "2008-07-30T07:12:26Z")
Wow, #5! I’ve never been that high in a feud. Awesome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959/80 "2008-07-30T11:34:16Z")
I’m at the top!..of the bottom. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-legends-paranormal-feud-game-over/457959.md?page=3)