American horror films that freeze the blood, or How to scare a Russian person in the USA

Russian immigrants believe that Americans, especially New Yorkers, take horror movies at face value. author blog "50 shades of New York" on Yandex.Zen told about the legends that horrified even her friend from Russia. She even advised the whole family to return home.

Alligator in the city

In the first place is the legend of the alligator in the city, which was seen in 1935 in Harlem. The boys allegedly found a 2-meter reptile in a sewer manhole and pulled it out with a rope. The reptile was not shown to the society, and the photos, if they were, were not preserved.

It was only in the early 2000s that the writer Joyce Hackett announced to one of the major publications that she had seen him. According to the writer, he was squatting in Queens.

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The author of the article does not believe in these legends, but suggests that this could have happened through the negligence of the owner of the animal. And there are not many of them in New York, moreover, there is no documentary evidence. Experts say that alligators are unable to digest food at temperatures below 5 degrees, and they need warm sludge to lay their eggs.

The magic of 5 blocks

In Midtown, near the Empire State Building, there is a 5-block area that deactivates cars. They stop working, do not start, electronic locks fail, the alarm is blocked. As soon as the tow truck takes the car 5 blocks away, everything starts working again.

The author of the article believes that the matter is in multiple television and radio transmitters, antennas, which affect the electronic filling of cars. On average, 15 cars are rescued from this “Bermuda Triangle Automotive” every day.

Haunted hotel

The Chelsea Hotel is a favorite destination for European and American bohemians. The morals here are very free, which attracts various dark stories here - murders, suicides, mysterious deaths.

People say the hotel is full of ghosts that can be found in the hallway. And the staff claims that ghosts even ride the elevator. Elevators can start and stop on their own.

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Although it may be the employees themselves who intervene in the operation of the elevators in order to give more mystery to the institution.

People living underground

Visitors to the West Village restaurant claimed that in the summer of 2019 they witnessed the appearance of a man from the manhole, who threw a smoke bomb towards the establishment, and then disappeared into the tunnel again.

Popular rumor immediately came up with an explanation for this action of the unknown - people-moles living in the dungeons rise to the surface and take revenge on the New Yorkers.

The blogger considers this legend absurd. There are many homeless people in New York who live in subway tunnels through the sewer system.