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re: Louisiana Urban Legends
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:21 am to Newrow
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:21 am to Newrow
The tataille (ta-tie) of bayou teche was my assigned disciplinarian when I was a small boy. When I acted up my little maw maw would threaten to call on him.
The rougaru. Particularly when we were at the Atchafalaya levee fishing or crawfishing. I spent more time looking for the rougaru than watching my line.
The satanic cult in Hammond at the “maze”.
There was an alligator with gold eyes that would hang out in the canals around Avery Island. We’d see him when we’d go crabbing. My dad used to tell us it had gold eyes because it was possessed then would get mad at me when I refused to crab anymore when we saw the damn thing
The rougaru. Particularly when we were at the Atchafalaya levee fishing or crawfishing. I spent more time looking for the rougaru than watching my line.
The satanic cult in Hammond at the “maze”.
There was an alligator with gold eyes that would hang out in the canals around Avery Island. We’d see him when we’d go crabbing. My dad used to tell us it had gold eyes because it was possessed then would get mad at me when I refused to crab anymore when we saw the damn thing
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Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:23 am to ned nederlander
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Someone getting eaten by an alligator in the flood waters.
That rumor was for Katrina. It was said that Charmaine Neville was pushing an elderly relative through flood waters in the 9th ward. A big gator came up, grabbed the guy, dragged him out of the wheelchair, and swam away with him.
WAFB story
This post was edited on 3/20/22 at 8:28 am
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:24 am to theantiquetiger
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The glass mansion off of Highland Road. Supposedly build by a rock star / singer who died before it was finished. Stories say it was haunted / devil worshiping going on. I went once it was pretty much torn down. It was around the intersection of Highland and Burbank and Siegen Lane
That house actually exists. It was built by Joe Tex and wasn't far from Highland Road Park. A lot of the local stoners used to hang out there.
This post was edited on 3/20/22 at 8:26 am
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:28 am to Newrow
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I heard ghost stories about the Grunch.
I think the Grunch was a half man/half goat creature
[In my best Tommy Chong voice]
No, no, no man. I know that dude. He wasn't a creature. He was a musician. His name was Benny and he had his own Bunch. They'd sing songs about New Orleans and Christmas in New Orleans.
Dey ain't dere no more because the crawfish from Arabi got dem!
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:34 am to Newrow
The Simsborro Walker
This was a North La legend back in the day, he's most likely dead by now
He is a war vet that was injured during conflict and suffers from a bad case of shell-shock. His face on one side (I think it's the right) is badly scarred from shrapnel. On nights when he can't sleep he walks the roads, most commonly Barnett Springs Road.
This was a North La legend back in the day, he's most likely dead by now
He is a war vet that was injured during conflict and suffers from a bad case of shell-shock. His face on one side (I think it's the right) is badly scarred from shrapnel. On nights when he can't sleep he walks the roads, most commonly Barnett Springs Road.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:34 am to Newrow
Waving Willy
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:41 am to Newrow
Growing up as a Kid, there was a story of the lost souls on Bayou Sale Rd between Dulac and Cocodrie. Legend goes that it’s the Purgatory of the swamp. If you see a hitchhiker, chances are it’s a soul set to embark on the long walk that never ends through the gnats, gators and other demon animals of the night.
All the fiddler crabs are just the souls that have given up and left to fend for themselves. In the middle of Bayou Sale Rd, there is a cross that has been up for many years to help them guide their way to salvation. When I was in high school, Father Freddie Decal from Holy Family Catholic Church went to bless the road after hearing of the myth and placed the cross and wreath in that location. After, it was said he felt, “an uneasy feeling of guilt and despair came among him when he entered the first hard turn. Like he couldn’t look in his rear view mirror for it would be like looking into the soul of someone he couldn’t help.”
People speed on that road all the time and see the hitchhikers. When they look back, they are gone.
All the fiddler crabs are just the souls that have given up and left to fend for themselves. In the middle of Bayou Sale Rd, there is a cross that has been up for many years to help them guide their way to salvation. When I was in high school, Father Freddie Decal from Holy Family Catholic Church went to bless the road after hearing of the myth and placed the cross and wreath in that location. After, it was said he felt, “an uneasy feeling of guilt and despair came among him when he entered the first hard turn. Like he couldn’t look in his rear view mirror for it would be like looking into the soul of someone he couldn’t help.”
People speed on that road all the time and see the hitchhikers. When they look back, they are gone.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:41 am to nugget
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There’s a lot scarier shite in New Orleans East that a half man half goat
Right. A ride over the high rise on I-10 is way scarier, but that is not an urban legend. Neither are those things you are talking about, unfortunately.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:50 am to MMauler
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His name was Benny and he had his own Bunch.
I can't believe that it took this long for someone to post this response.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:52 am to Newrow
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Louisiana Urban Legends
LSU football should win national title every year.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 8:54 am to AmosMosesAndTwins
Keiland Williams’ calves
Posted on 3/20/22 at 9:30 am to Newrow
Heard the same story back in the 70's behind the Downs Lounge, which is now Lafrenier Park
Posted on 3/20/22 at 9:53 am to Hangit
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but heard that the tunnel system went all over LSU's campus.
Under LSU, and more…
Posted on 3/20/22 at 9:57 am to Stealth Matrix
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I was told there was an elderly lady in a rocking chair haunting Old Barataria Road in the national park when I was a kid.
Julia Brown
Watched a documentary about this once
Posted on 3/20/22 at 9:59 am to davyjones
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When I turned 16 I fought the rougarou and gained its respect though.
Kind of like Skeeter Breaux.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 10:04 am to Newrow
Posted on 3/20/22 at 10:05 am to STBTigerr
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he LeBeau Mansion in Old Arabi was supposedly haunted.
I was waiting for this.
We were on the property once in high school when the cops showed up.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 11:21 am to fr33manator
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Tunnels under LSU.
This is not an urban legend. There is a network of utility tunnels under the quad. Another tunnel is under the parade grounds, but I forget if the two are connected.
Me and some buddies would go in there occasionally on slow party nights. We also located blueprints of a map of the tunnels in the library which helped locate other tunnel entrances.
Posted on 3/20/22 at 12:16 pm to TheBaker
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I was told as a child by my grandmother that Monkey Hill at Audubon Zoo was actually a fallen star.
I think that either you or your grandmother were confused.
The item commonly (and mistakenly) still referred to by New Orleanians as "the meteorite", or "fallen star" is not Monkey Hill, but a large hunk of iron ore on the Audubon Park Golf course, near a cross-course walking path.
It's been there since the 1884 World's Fair (it was part of an exhibit) and has been sitting there ever since, slowly rusting away and getting smaller.
Loyola Maroon - Remembering Audubon Park's World's Fair Past
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