False Photo of Injured Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson

A photo showing the injuries of Ferguson, Mo. police officer, Darren Wilson, from his encounter with Michael Brown Jr. shortly before Brown’s death on August 9, 2014 is a hoax. The image is being circulated under false pretenses and does not depict Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson MO Police Department. The facebook post includes the following text:

"Why aren’t the media releasing the photos of Police Officer Darren Wilson’s injuries after he was assaulted by “the unarmed black teenager”? He was punched in the face before he emptied his weapon into the drugged “unarmed teenager”—here is what a broken eye socket looks like”

Another Version

“Since it’s unlikely the controlled left-extremist media will show you this photo, here it is. Look what that 18 year old did to this police officer, but I guess Holder and Sharpton forgot to mention this. He was slammed repeatedly in the face before he emptied his weapon into the drugged “unarmed teenager” when the thug approached to hit him some more—here is what a broken eye socket looks like:”

The photo actually shows injured motocross driver Jim McNeil, who broke several bones in his face during a practice ride with a friend and was taken in 2006. Posted on this site in 2010: http://etnies.com/blog/2006/10/10/jim-mcneil-face-plants-ouch/

The false photo above began circulating as a mislabeled pic of Darren Wilson, on or about September 2, 2014.

Source: http://urbanlegendsonline.com/false-photo-injured-ferguson-police-officer-darren-wilson/

Computer Security Scam (Infosis.net and 00C04FD7D062)

I spent an exciting twenty minutes on the telephone this morning with a guy claiming to know my computer had all sorts of malware on it, that hackers had taken control of it, and it was generally full of bad juju (my words, not his).

I spent the time because I wanted to see where this all went and how good he was (I was also bored). I acted dumb, and never told him I have a doctorate in computer science and did computer security.

The call came from a “Private Number” with no caller ID to my home phone. I never really understood the caller’s name; he had a very pronounced Indian/Pakistani accent and always mumbled when saying his name. For simplicity, I will call him Tabaqui (before you look it up, Tabaqui is the jackal in The Jungle Book who ate scraps the other animals left).

Tabaqui claimed to be from Microsoft’s outsourced computer security support center, and that the Microsoft security server had been getting all sorts of malware alerts from my computer. He was calling because the malware on my computer would intercept any corrections they sent, so he was calling to put this right in person.

Footprints In The Snow

This urban legend involves a teenage girl who was home with her little sister while their parents were out on the town. After watching some television together, she sent her little sister to bed and then went back downstairs to watch more TV. Eventually, she got bored with what she was watching and turned it off, then curled up in a blanket on the couch and watched the snow fall through the large sliding-glass window in the living room. She had only been watching for a few minutes when she saw a man walking toward the sliding glass doors with deadly purpose. He started to pull something shiny out of his coat and she dove under her blanket in terror. 

After a while, she pulled down the blanket and found that the man was gone. She called the police, who immediately rushed over to the scene to investigate. Upon examining the premises, one of the first things they noticed was that there were no footprints in the snow. And with the rate of snowfall, there was no way they could have been covered that quickly. Puzzled, the officers inspected the residence and noticed wet footprints on the carpet leading straight up to the couch where the girl had been sitting. The madman had been behind her the whole time and what she had seen had been his reflection in the window. 

Source: http://listverse.com/2014/07/30/10-bone-chilling-urban-legends/

La Pascualita, The Corpse Bride

Is This Bridal Shop Mannequin Actually A Preserved Human Corpse?

Chihuahua Mexico has a famous bridal shop. The business can attribute it’s popularity to the startlingly lifelike mannequin that has stood in the window for the past 75 years, La Pascualita.

According to a local urban legend, people say the mannequin in the window of the bridal gown store is really the embalmed body of the former store owner’s daughter.

The former store owner was called Pascuala Esparza. The mannequin is nick-named La Pascualita or Little Pascuala. La Pascualita means ‘Little Pascuala’ (i.e. her daughter).

According to the legend her daughter died from the bite of a Black Widow spider on her wedding day, so Pascuala embalmed her and stood her up in the window of the store.

Pascuala denied that the mannequin was her daughter. But the rumor had already taken on life and no one believed the woman. Could the legend be true? Take a look at the images below and decide for yourself. The detail you’ll be able to see on this corpse bride is incredible.

Some say that La Pascualita will sometimes shift positions in the window during the night, and during the day, her eyes will follow wary customers around the store.

Her gown is frequently changed and only the owner and a few close employees are allowed to dress and undress the life-like figure. Some locals and brides-to-be pray to her or leave gifts for her with the shop workers, considering La Pascualita to be a saint.

Of course not everyone is convinced La Pascualita is a corpse. Some say she may actually be a wax dummy.

Posted on http://www.viralnova.com/corpse-bride/ (H/T: Reddit)