My mother was famous for her "freak accident" stories... did anyone else get those? You know, the people who got grievously injured putting their head out the car window, choking on food, or doing anything you happened to be contemplating or doing at that very moment. It was suspicious because it never happened to anyone she knew personally; it was always her sister's driving instructor's daughter or the neighbor's in-law or something. I think either she hung around emergency rooms or she invented the urban legend.
ROFL!!! Are you related to hubby?? He he he!!!
Really though, there are tall tales on my side as well. One of the most famous: My mom's great uncle was a wart looker. He could make your wart disappear just by looking at is.
And then there's the story about my Great Aunt who had a baby born with Downs. While she was pregnant, there was apparently a horrendous small plane crash in their field and she and Great Unc went to check on the pilot/inhabitants of the plane. She had nightmares because of what she saw, and then my cousin was born with sort of gnarled hands, and Downs. My family believes it's because of the nightmares. I'm not so sure I totally blow that one off though. The mind is a terribly powerful thing.