FOLKLORE AND LEGEND

           We have all heard stories and legends from our friends,

family, and strangers of ghosts and demons, witches and goblins, unknown creatures and shadowy figures.  But is there any basis in fact and how do these tales originate and remain told from generation to generation? Folklore as defined is a tradition of beliefs,practices,customs,stories, songs, and historical events that have been handed down both orally or behaviorally from one individual or group to another.  It is very plausible that in some cases events that occurred may have been accurately communicated but for some reason or other, never accepted as fact by but a small group.  It is here where sometimes paranormal investigators begin to gather historical data that may shed light to a haunting and reveal the basis for unexplained events that occur at a specific location.  On this next page, you will be able to read about various folklore and get some understanding of how legends and myths took shape and the way unexplained phenomena was given a physical form.   

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