Urban legends, then, are apocryphal stories, told as true andplausible enough to be believed, about horrific, embarrassing,exasperating or ironic things that have supposedly happened to realpeople (see links to more examples below).

• 都市传说，其实，只是些虚构的故事，这些故事会被作为真实的事件或似是而非地进行讲述，故事通常会被推测是发生在真实人物的身上，一些令人毛骨悚然，让人局促不安，让人愤怒或者是讽刺的事件，以让人们有足够的理由相信这是真的。