The Vanishing Hitchhiker

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Did you know that urban legends are passed down by generations of people? Urban Legends are stories people get from our ancestors and is spread by the word of mouth. Most of our lives we get told these exciting stories that are told differently to make us scared of certain things. They come from different origins and may mean different things to you depending on where you’re from. That is exactly what the story The Vanishing Hitchhiker is like.

The Vanishing Hitchhiker is a old myth that has became fit over the modern day's context. This story goes as far back as the 16th century where wagons and horses took place of the car. Many variations of this story has been spread all over the world. The story varies from Algeria, Pakistan, Swedin,

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