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".....One tells how the villagers in Stanney, Cheshire, were regarded as simpletons because they were too scared to walk down a country lane where a duck lived.

Finally, some of the local men decided to ambush the bird and cut off its head. But that only made things worse.

Villagers then complained they were frightened to use the lane ... because of the ghost of the headless duck."

And we wonder where the Monty Pythons got their inspiration...

1 posted on 05/12/2008 3:55:18 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: CurlyBill

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2 posted on 05/12/2008 4:03:26 AM PDT by KoRn (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: Renfield
Villagers then complained they were frightened to use the lane ... because of the ghost of the headless duck."

That's nothing. There are whole areas of the usa where farmers are afraid to plow their fields because of the possible existence of the San Bernidino kangaroo rat.

3 posted on 05/12/2008 4:24:57 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: Renfield
""Readers may be surprised to see that a tale they had thought belonged to one place is found elsewhere,"

Earmark of an urban legend...
4 posted on 05/12/2008 4:28:59 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
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To: Renfield

The White House will soon be haunted.


5 posted on 05/12/2008 6:32:00 AM PDT by Tolkien (Another day, another 1.603 million miles around the sun.)
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To: Renfield

The Penguin Book of Ghosts is available through Amazon.uk. Also coming out in September, is the book titled: “The Paranormal Caught On Film” by Melvyn Willin. He also published “Ghosts Caught On Film” in 2007. Those are available on the U.S. Amazon site.


7 posted on 05/14/2008 7:39:10 AM PDT by mass55th
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