Check out our top 20 creepiest urban legends that are actually true, we have some super creepy stuff lined up for you. 1. We start off with this urban legends confirmed to be true. In Taiwan, the largest ever tug of war competition saw 800 people line up either side of a big long piece of rope. They pulled and struggled to keep their balance, this wasn't the issue, the issue was the rope being used the force of 800 people pulling the rope put 300x the pressure it could take and the rope snapped, taking with it the arms of the two men in front. The two men had tears between their elbow and shoulders due to the force 2. On December 24th every year, big old Saint Nick makes his way around the world and gives all the good little boys and girls their lovely presents, all wrapped up nicely for when they wake up on Christmas morning. Sadly, humans can't copy the actions of Santa, as a Californian woman quickly found out. This next one has to be the creepiest urban legends that turned out to be true. A woman tried to break into her boyfriend's house by going down the chimney but ended up getting stuck. After 3 days the house sitters noticed fluid dripping down into the fire and smelled rotting flesh, then discovering the rotting corpse 3 On a trip to Peru, Rochelle Harris was enjoying the sites during her gap year. When she returned home she loved telling everyone about the beauty she had seen but soon started having earaches. When inspected by the doctors they found a huge group of maggots eating the flesh of her ear. On her trip a fly had laid eggs inside her ear. The eggs hatched and the maggots took hold, she was able to fully recover once they'd been removed 4. One myth that is often discussed is falling asleep with something lurking under the bed. In several instances across American states such as Kansas, Miami and Pasadena, some guest complained of a foul smelling stench in the room. When the hotel staff went to check, after trying to ignore the room and wait for someone else to clean it, they found dead bodies under each bed's mattress frame. Would you now check under your bed? they discovered the decomposing body of a young Canadian student in the water tank. Nobody knows how or why the body got there to this very day. 5. When you go on holiday, it's always wise to drink bottled water, as the native tap water can be funny tasting and causing illness. This wasn't more true when a family went on vacation and noticed water from the tap was black in colour. When a worker went up to check, 6. The movie crew of the 6 million dollar man were going about their normal routines, setting up cameras and props for the shoot. When they were moving a mummy prop, and accidentally handled it too hard, the arm snapped off and it was easy to tell this was no paper mache, it was real. The funeral director behind it had embalmed the man so well it looked life like, the man was Elmer Mccurdy, a trainer robber killed during a heist 7. Three Columbia University students looking to cheaply decorate their place found an unwelcome surprise in their dumpster carpet after they got it home. Unrolling their new carpet, the boys found a dead body with two bullet wounds to the head inside. It was unknown who the man was or why he had been killed, the main suspects being a targeted hit much like in mobster movies, this was due to the bullets to the head. 8. One of the most fraudulent urban legends out there relates to waking up in a bathtub filled with ice after drinks with a stranger the night before Imagine slowly opening your eyes, you feel like you've had a rough night that must have included several shots along the way. Your head hurts, your cold and for some reason your side hurts. Then you realise you're in water, ice cold water, and it was because your kidney was gone! Although not entirely true, there have been many instances of organ harvesting by professionals around the globe, the worst being in India between 2000-2008 when 500 patients had their organs taken by an organised crime ring. so this comes in as one of those creepy urban legends that are actually true 9. Amazing Joe Burrus was trying to be buried alive 2m down and covered in 3 m of dirt and then 4m of concrete. It proved too much for the coffin, which broke and crushed Burrus to death. The reason why most escape artists like Houdini or Copperfield look so good when performing their stunts is because of the excruciating training they put themselves through to be the best. It could be a straight jacket, a burning case or even in a coffin. Before the coma was truly understood, believe it or not, people were buried alive on a regular basis. In these cases a small bell was linked to the body above ground, if it rang obviously the person was still alive. Thanks for reading our top 20 creepiest urban legends that turned out to be true, if you would like to know more there is another 10 urban legend stories for to be watched

• published: 01 Jan 2016
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