Schlosser Retells The Urban Legend

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Schlosser retells the urban legend, “The Hook”. The urban legend starts off with a girl trying to decide on an outfit for her date while constant reports are being announced on the radio of a wild man who had escaped from the state asylum. The man on the loose was a killer who was being called “Hook Man” because his right arm was replaced with a hook. After picking out an outfit, the girl went out on a date with her boyfriend to a drive-in movie without paying much attention to the reports. The couple parked in the lover’s lane where the two were kissing in the car, until the girl felt uncomfortable and scared after hearing the same report of the Hook Man broadcast on the radio. The girl asked her boyfriend if they could leave since they were

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