[UA] New artifact and ritual as an urban legend

[Tim Toner]

----- Original Message -----
From: Cassady Toles <Con_Job at excite.com>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] New artifact and ritual as an urban legend


>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:13:50 +0200, ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:
>
>   I wanted to point out the Bloody Mary story which was discussed on this
> list
>   weeks ago but Liam beat me to it.
>
> I don't know that one, I joined up a few days ago, but you all didn't hear
> it word of mouth, you heard it over the internet.
>

But what about the Vanishing Hitchhiker, which has the advantage of a
multiplicity of variants, coupled with actual people you can talk to who
actually experienced the phenomena on a localized level (Resurrection Mary,
fer instance)?  It exists in defiance of folklore conventions (as you
defined them), and yet is a perfect example of what folklore is.


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