Top ten Scariest Urban Legends #4

[Angel Allerisse]

The Exploding Cactus
From David Emery,

As told by Ileen Verble...

Here's one my mother told me as breathless fact, claiming she'd "heard it on the news." I knew immediately that it had to be a urban legend, but have never heard it again...

A woman goes to buy a large cactus from a nursery, and brings it home. Later that day she notices something very odd. The cactus appears to be breathing! She calls the nursery she purchased the cactus from and says, "I know this sounds crazy, but I think my cactus is breathing."

The woman she is speaking to tells her to immediately get out of the house, and that she (the nursery woman) is going to call the bomb squad. The bomb squad comes to the house and loads the cactus into a van. Just as they get it into the van, the cactus explodes and out come thousands of scorpions!

It seems that several scorpions had laid their eggs in the cactus, and they all hatched at once.


Note: I don't find this one scary. A tad bit boring...I'm a bit surprised it made the list.  

[Seighart Fennel]

Step away from the cactus! wahmbulance  

[Eirisse]

More of an irrational fear for me...it seems a tad bit impossible.  

[eBil xMArion hYbRid]

uh.. where did you find that article?  

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The Exploding Cactus
From David Emery,

As told by Ileen Verble...

Here's one my mother told me as breathless fact, claiming she'd "heard it on the news." I knew immediately that it had to be a urban legend, but have never heard it again...

A woman goes to buy a large cactus from a nursery, and brings it home. Later that day she notices something very odd. The cactus appears to be breathing! She calls the nursery she purchased the cactus from and says, "I know this sounds crazy, but I think my cactus is breathing."

The woman she is speaking to tells her to immediately get out of the house, and that she (the nursery woman) is going to call the bomb squad. The bomb squad comes to the house and loads the cactus into a van. Just as they get it into the van, the cactus explodes and out come thousands of scorpions!

It seems that several scorpions had laid their eggs in the cactus, and they all hatched at once.


Note: I don't find this one scary. A tad bit boring...I'm a bit surprised it made the list.

interesting  

[The_Lazarus]

This is why I never do any gardening! mad  

[JlouCherrySodaPop]

You should send some of these in to the Byth Busters ^^ lolz  

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The_Lazarus

This is why I never do any gardening! mad

yeah just let mum and dad do it rofl  

[Eirisse]

eBil xMArion hYbRid

uh.. where did you find that article?

Some site in the net, I forgot which one though...  

[`+____paperhearts]

Yeah, that one isn't really scary, but it could get someone rather paranoid if they had a cactus with them. xD

 

[Ralina]

stare lame