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How to Submit a Hoax / Rumor / Urban Legend

By , About.com Guide

WE WELCOME any and all contributions of texts and/or images whose authenticity seems questionable, even if you're not sure they qualify as folklore. That includes forwarded emails, message board postings, Facebook notes, Tweets, word-of-mouth rumors, factoids, urban legends, old wives' tales, and any other dubious material that crosses your transom. Contributed items will be researched and posted on the site as time allows.

Instructions:

The best way to submit an email you've received for investigation is to forward the entire message, intact, to the following address:  urbanlegends.guide@about.com

Alternatively, click here to open a blank email form into which you can paste any copied text (e.g., from email, Facebook, message boards, Twitter, etc.). After pasting, click send.

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