Cux answered Monday June 25 2007, 5:03 pm: leg·end
–noun
1. a nonhistorical or <b>unverifiable</b> story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
Unverifiable, meaning that its not known. I don't believe in them, so I would say that no, they aren't true. They are just to scare you.
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