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The Van Meter Visitor - in the fall of 1903 a small town in Iowa was plagued by a terrifying creature that defied explanation. Half-man, half-beast, with wings like a bat and a glowing horn on its head that terrorized the townspeople. To this day, no one knows what it was or where it came from
Posted by u/verystrangeshit in r/UrbanMyths
Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 - followed by a massive fire that led to 3,000 deaths and 250,000 left homeless. The sound was described as a noise "like the roar of 10,000 lions!" Afterwards survivors spoke of seeing the ghosts of the dead, still walking among the ashes, before vanishing.
Posted by u/HamletX95 in r/UrbanMyths