Urban legends are  stories that are  either funny and/or  contain horrifying  content that may or  may not be true.  They spread  quickly, and often  have many  different variants. 

Most urban legends  are false -- but  some are true.

After some research  online the one that  is true and scared  me silly was being  buried alive.

The tale goes that  they buried  someone and  happened to dig  them up later.They  then found claw  marks,sometimes  even a fingernail,on  the coffin lid,  where the person  was trying  desperately to escape.

The Truth: 
 This not only  happened, but back  in the day it  happened with  alarming regularity.  In the late 19th  century a man tried  to determine  exactly how often.  He managed to  collect 219 cases of  near-premature  burial, 149 cases of  actual premature  burial and a dozen  cases where  dissection or  embalming had  begun on someone alive.

Now, this may seem  ridiculous, but keep  in mind this was an  era before doctors  had the technology  they do today.  Their only method  for determining if a  person had died  was to lean over  their face and  scream repeatately.  If you didn't react,  they buried you. 

The concern  back then over being buried alive   was so  real it became  common to have a  bell attached to a  string you could  ring if you woke  up!

So I'll leave you  with this  heartwarming  thought you fall  down and bump  your head, they might assume your dead. You wake up in pitch black dark  and realize you  have no way out  and no one can  hear you.... what's  your reaction.Think  about that.           

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