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Have noe love greater than one for thy brother Have you ever told a scary story? Most of us remember telling ghost stories, or even relating the plot of our favorite horror movie to a friend. But did you know there are reasons we tell these stories over and over again? Urban legends are stories, usually scary but sometimes just funny, that tend to get told over and over again as though they were true, even though they don’t always seem very possible. These stories often try to teach the listener something our culture thinks is important for us to know. Stories such as “ The Monsters Chase” “ The Kidney Thieves”. It was late on a weekday night a couple of weeks ago when i was unexpectedly told an urban legend by a friend of mine in my dorm room. I brought up a report i had prepard about a local urban legend and my desire to find someone who knew the tale of the “Goat Man,” a famous figure in folklore.My friend immediatly recounted to me a story about a hairy monster that sounded very similar. He said that he was told this story by a member of a youth group in japan during an this organization trip. The person who told him the story originally is from western maryland . He said one night on this trip while we were in the hostel one of the guys in the group told us a story about a monster. He said this actually happened to him. He lives in western Maryland, further west and north of Montgomery and Frederick counties. He and his girlfriend had snuck out to a party one night in which they were firmly told not to attend because of the dangers that lurk through the night and while returning from the party they decided to stop at McDonald’s to get dinner. They pulled over in pitch darkness on the side of the road in which they were traveling on, knowing that the McDonald’s was through a short tract of woods on this side of the road. About halfway through the woods a furry monster which stood from 6 to 7 feet,black as space ,with bright red eyes and sharp