Organ Donor

Way back when.... Okay 6, almost 7 years ago. When I turned 15 and half I went and got my drivers permit and I checked the yes box asking if I wanted to be an organ donor. I just figured if the organs are healthy and I'm not using them let someone else have 'em. That being said if I'm alive and still kicking I want to keep my organs left right where they are... unless my mother needs a kidney or my dad needs a piece of my liver.

This story features the theft of organs.

No not that organ... this one!















Thank you.





Some of you may be thinking oh no  not this old tale. Some of you may be thinking this is a sad way to reboot. Either way I do not care, I believe this one is an oldie and a goodie... I still like you though.  While reading this keep Hannibal Lecter out of your head,  you know his deal was fried brains, fava beans, and a nice Chianti.





Once upon a time there was a young man at a bar  An unsuspecting young vacationer traveling alone  is sitting at a bar when a beautiful woman inquires about his company. They spend the night enjoying each other's company only to end up in the hotel room of the vacationer. The following morning the vacationer wakes up in a tub full of ice and a sore back. He pulls himself from the tub and makes his way over to the mirror to identify the source of his pain. He finds his skin stitched together. After he is taken to the hospital the doctors there reveal that one of his kidneys had been removed, not just that but it was done professionally.

With minor variations of this story has been told hundreds,  if not thousands of times over but sadly this one is true.

See it in a movie-- Turistas

I can't help but wonder two things about this story.


1. I there really any money to be made in organ donations [theft]?









2. Do they leave nice notes like this one?

By the way we should all be legal organ donors.
If you are then you get a gold star and a telepathic high five.
If not you get a hiss from the masses and a telepathic head slap.

The Meixcan Pet

There are so many Urban Legends out there I wasn't really sure where to start, I did some thinking and at the first thought of Urban Legends the one that really sticks out to me is The Mexican Pet, also known as the Mexican Rat.

Some variations of this Legend say it takes place in Africa, Spain and China. Variations also say the rat wasn't mistaken for a dog but a hamster or an armadillo. While I find the hamster aspect slighltly unlikely I find the armadillo aspect a father out there, and I by out there I mean way out there, past the stars and what was previously [and in my mind still is] the ninth planet in our solar system, the beloved Pluto... Fare thee well Pluto we do miss thee!!



Now on to the tale...

In the tradition of Urban Legends this came from a friend of a friend whose uncle dated this woman.

A woman and her friends had planned a trip to Mexico. As they were shopping a stray dog began following them around. The woman took pity on the small animal and fed it, instantly falling in love she decided the animal had to come home with her. Animals were not to be taken over the border so the woman tucked the aminal under her shirt, pretending to be pregnant while they crossed. The woman slept peacefully that night with her new pet sleeping near by. Upon waking the next morning she found her dog to be extremely sick, so she took it the vet.

At the vets office as the woman sat in the waiting room she got odd stares from others in the office. A nurse came into the waiting room and immediately escourted her to a room. When the doctor came in and examined the dog, he asked "Where did you get this dog?" Not wanting to reveal that she had smuggled a dog into the states she told the man she had found the dog wandering the streets near her work. After a bit of coaxing the woman gave in and told the man what she had done. He responded by telling her,
1) this is not a dog but a 50 pound Mexican sewer rat, and
2) it has a horrible disease and its dying.




While if this tale were 100% true, said rat would have to look something like this.

while being mistaken for this.

but if you have a small dog that is as adorable as this one

Beware, you could be mistaken.
You could have something like this adorable little fella tucked under your arm in that $2,500 hand bag.

There are multiple variations of this tale but the funniest one I found was where the woman smuggled what she thought was an armadillo over the border only to take it to vet and discover it was a mexican sewer rat wearing a turtle shell... Really?
Yes really! here's the link http://www.all-lies.com/legends/animals/mexicanpet.shtml




Come back soon for another Legend!!


For those of you {if there are any of you, I like you] who have already seen this, I am fully aware that is a re-post from over a year ago. I been lost and now I am found, hopefully I can focus on this blog now and get traffic flowing to this site and our beloved Urban Legends. So please welcome back the Mexican Rat and get ready for other such as If Looks Could Kill 1 & 2, Grann'y Got a Gun, the Kind Hearted Car Thief, Bomb Burglar, and Tapioca Thinder.... I'll even be throwing out a few I know for a fact are from lands far far away.