This
is one Urban Legend that I didn't author, but I felt I had to share
with you all. The author is unknown, as the story has been around for a
while and has 'changed hands' a lot. Yet and still, I had to share this
with you.
I DO NOT CLAIM OWNERSHIP!!!
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If you stand alone at the corner of Church St. and Market St. in
Charleston, South Carolina at 3 AM, you see a man coming down Church St.
wearing a black hat and black cape with stringy white hair and
weathered skin. He'll stop at one of the two corners directly across
from where you are standing and start to walk the corner directly
opposite from where he is standing. When he reaches about halfway (dead
center of the intersection) and nobody else has arrived, he'll stop,
turn, and look directly at you.
If you do not blink for roughly
20-30 seconds he'll tip his hat to you and walk along his way,
disappearing into the dark shadows of the trees that line the streets.
Nobody knows what happens if you follow him.
If you do blink
before he tips his hat, the very first thing you will see is the man
standing directly in front of you. He'll grin maliciously at you and
draw a blade hidden in the shaft of the cane and slash you across your
throat, but you will not feel a thing. You will, however, pass out and
remain in a comatose state until the sun rises over the horizon.
For the next six nights, you will have a recurring dream of the man
walking down the street, appearing suddenly before you, and slashing
your throat. On the seventh night, the events will replay the same up
until he stops in the middle of the intersection. At this point, he'll
say, "It's been fun playing with you, boy, but now it's time for you to
go. Don't ever let me see you again." He'll then tip his hat and walk
away before you wake up.
Nobody knows what happens if you visit the corner a second time.
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