<butt-ugly-fish>Urban Legend Zeitgeist: Kidnapping at Sam's Club


Synopsis

At a local Sam's Club a child abductor attempted to disguise the victim with a wig and different clothes.

See the story here.

Is it true? No.
Why? It's a classic urban legend.
When? Child kidnapping urban legends have circulated for decades. The Sam's Club version of the stories began circulating in the summer of 1999.
Comments

The alt.folklore.urban FAQ also describes the legends:

  • F. Child disappears from Disneyland, found with new haircut, dyed by abductor

[Note: 'F.' in the FAQ's parlance means the story is false.]

The kidnapping legends have been set in a number of places; malls, amusement parks, Disneyland and Disneyworld and other public places. The kidnapping theme of the stories is frightening enough, the attempt to disguise the child makes the tales all the more chilling.

See also

Urban folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand discusses child kidnapping stories in:

  • The Choking Doberman (1984)
  • The Mexican Pet (1986)
  • Curses! Broiled Again (1989)

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