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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'legends'

August 20, 2008

Night Brings the Hag! For centuries, folklore, or what has become known as "the unexplained," has grown as a vast jigsaw, an immense puzzle made up of many differing, equally complex parts, whether in the form of monsters, ghosts, UFOs, crop circles, voodoo, spontaneous human combustion, telepathy, healing powers, or what have you. However, one of the most frightening enigmas to lurk deep within the network of weirdness pertains to the legend of the "Old......

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August 6, 2008

More from the Surreal Menagerie Fishermen will always tell you about the "one that got away," rather than the one they caught, and how, "It was this big", and how, "It bent the rod right over..." Surely such fishy yarns are the stuff of folklore, right? Not in the case of Wolf Pond, in Dauphin County. It is here that the legend of a huge fish or reptile lurks, although the lore suggests it may......

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August 4, 2008

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Next World (Wed, 8PM-9PM, Discovery Channel) A look at new technologies like floating cities and cars that can travel underwater. MythBusters (Wed, 9PM-10PM, Discovery Channel) The seventh season opening episode of one of our favorite shows on TV features the boys examining fan-requested myths, including whether steak can be tenderized with explosives and if driving while angry changes a car's exhaust emissions. MonsterQuest (Wed, 9PM-10PM, History Channel)......

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