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How to Submit a Hoax / Rumor / Urban Legend for Investigation

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Greetings!

I depend on your submissions of suspected urban legends, email rumors and hoaxes to keep track of current scuttlebutt and guide my investigations. Thanks for helping me do this work.

I encourage one and all to contribute any texts or photos whose veracity seems suspect, even if you're not sure they qualify as folklore. Contributed content will be investigated as quickly as time allows and the results posted here on the Urban Legends website.

Please note that due to the volume of correspondence I receive, it's impossible to answer most true-or-false inquiries via email. Please check the New Urban Legends and Current Netlore directories for listings of the most common hoaxes and rumors, or type relevant words into the search box at the top of any page on the site to call up info on a specific topic.

How to submit:

The best way to submit a message you've received for investigation is to forward the entire email, intact, to my address:

urbanlegends.guide@about.com

Alternatively, click here to open a blank email form into which the contents can be pasted.

Thanks again for contributing!


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