Monday, March 30, 2009

urban legend essay

Basketball lovers! Did you know that you can play basketball at the top of the Matterhorn amusement ride in California? Lace up your
Shoes and make sure your basketball is full of air because we can play
At a new altitude! There is a funny story abut the Matterhorn and a basket ball court and a golfer from Virginia that was found dead this stories ended up as an urban legend. What is an urban legend? An urban legend is a story
That is sometimes hard to believe at truth. The truth can be so amazing
That it does not seem believable, and sometimes the believable is not
The truth. Stories that travel from word of mouth or in the different
Medias carry the urban legends.


Disneyland has a smaller than regulation basketball court in the upper levels of the Matterhorn amusement structure. Disney claims that they had to install this basketball court so that they would be within the guidelines of the
California building laws. The law said that building structures can be of a certain heights if it is an athletic building. So in order for Disney to build
This structure, they had a small court installed. This story is some what true they only made a have a court.


A young golfer from Virginia was found dead on the golf course. It turns out that he was used to carrying his golf tee in his mouth after it was used on the
The golf course to support his ball. He began to get sicker and sicker as time
Went on before he clasped on the course. He actually ingested pesticides
In his body that he got from the reusable golf tee.


Those stories about basket ball courts and golf tees are true but remember everything you read or hear is not all ways the truth.

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