Gruesome Hollywood legend holds that the automobile crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decapitated her. Support Snopes. According to the police report on the accident, “the upper portion.

It is believed that one of the earliest outbreaks of the rumor (in 1993) may have been inspired by a real-life incident that occurred one year before - the shooting of Stockton, California school secretary Kelly Freed, who was a passenger in an whose driver gestured at a car full of teenagers to inform them that their headlights were off. Mistaking the hand signal as an insult, one of the teens fired a gun at the car Freed was riding in, killing her. Police determined that none of the youths were gang members, nor was the incident connected with an 'initiation rite.' Subject: FW: WarningTHIS IS NOT A JOKEPLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.The that works with the DARE program at an elementary school passed this warning on.

If you're ever driving after dark and see an on-coming car with no headlights turned on, DO NOT flash your lights at them! This is a common gang member 'initiation game' that goes like this: the new gang member under initiation drives along with no headlights and the first car to flash their headlights at him is now his 'target'. He is now required to turn around and chase that car and shoot at or into the car in order to complete his initiation requirements. Make sure you share this info with all the drivers in your family!! Subject: A Warning. STATE POLICE WARNING TO NIGHT DRIVERSTHE FOLLOWING BULLETIN WAS PUBLISHED BY THE BETHLEHEM,PA.

STATE POLICEPlease be advised if you are driving after dark and you see a car without headlights on DO NOT FLASH YOUR LIGHTS. BLOW YOUR HORN.

DO NOT SIGNAL THE CAR IN ANY WAY!!!This is a new GANG MEMBER initiation called 'GAME' going on in the street and it works like this: The new member being initiated drives along with their headlights off until someone notices and flashes their at him. The car that signals to the gang member is now the 'TARGET' of the game. The gang member is required to chase the car that signaled and SHOOT at, or into the car in order to complete initiation requirements.Police ask you to share this information with your family, friends and anyone else you come into contact with. This bulletin originally came from the 3rd district of Cleveland, Ohio Police Department. Big fish bistro. We understand it is beginning to happen in the Pittsburgh, PA area also and the warning is because this could escalate into any other geographic areas.THIS IS NOTA JOKE IT REALLY IS HAPPENING JUST CHECK WITH LOCAL STATE POLICE!!!!!PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

'The Poodle in the Microwave' (a.k.a. 'The Microwaved Pet') enjoyed its first wave of popularity in the mid-1970s. In part, it's a reflecting a societal ambivalence toward technological change (a recurrent theme in contemporary folklore).

Greater convenience entails greater risks, such stories seem to say, so we should approach new technologies with caution. Yet 'The Microwaved Pet' also hearkens back to warnings dating back to the 1940s, if not earlier, about dogs and cats suffering injury or death after crawling unnoticed into old-fashioned gas ovens.

While one can always quibble over the 'function' or deeper meanings of urban legends, it's safe to say that they almost always serve as a barometer of our everyday fears.