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shy
Crypt Keeper
Australia
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 Posted - 10 March 2003 : 20:33:10
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'The Hook' is perhaps one of the most memorable of Urban Legends and has been around since at least the mid 1950’s. It’s got the key elements of a horror story: 2 lovers in an isolated spot, a maniacal killer on the loose, the potential threat of death, and something bloody; in this case it is a hook. What more could you want? The basic synopsis of the story goes something like this:
A young couple sneak away to a country road or a Lover’s Lane for a few minutes of making out. Either on the way there or after they arrive a special news bulletin cuts into the song on the radio and alerts everyone in the area of a killer on the loose. Sometimes he is an escaped convict from the nearby prison; sometimes he is an escaped lunatic from a nearby asylum; sometimes he is even a sex maniac. The radio announcer warns everyone to be on the lookout and not go outside if you don’t have to. The killer is recognizable because he has a hook for a hand (whether the hook is on the left or right is one of the variables in this tale). The girl gets real nervous and tells her boyfriend they should go home. He pleads with her to stay. A little argument ensues and eventually the girl wins. The guy, feeling very frustrated at the make out session going awry, is said to have "gunned" the engine and "peeled" out of there. When they arrive home sometimes the girl gets out of the car herself, because the boyfriend is angry and won’t do the courtesy act of opening her door, but sometimes he does open her door for her. Either way, there is a bloody hook dangling from the door handle - they had barely escaped! If not for the girl’s insistence they would have been killed. The speed and recklessness of which he drove away is a key element because it is what causes the hook to be ripped from the killer’s arm. This one factor is always a constant no matter who tells the tale.
Shy
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'The Hook'
