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Simply put, urban legends can be a rumor of false stories that tend to trend faster because they spread like wildfire. These are stories or myth that are formulated by people can are unverified and can be used as a means creating fear in the minds of people or simply humor as a form of entertainment. There are several urban legends that are basically used to instill fear in the minds of the young ones or the youths of a community. They are told mythical stories of what would happen when they engage in bad activities like stealing, cheating, killing, money rituals and so on.
Back in those those, elders would sit children down and tell them stories with moral lessons embedded in them. There are numerous types urban legends in Nigeria some of which are: The "Bush Baby" (Baby Crying in the Forest), The "Mami Wata" (Water Spirit), The "Ojuju" (Boogeyman), The "Headless Motorcyclist", The Disappearing Genitals, Millionaires who became madmen, the gbomogbomo (child kidnappers) and so on.
One of the most popular ones that is currently making waves in different areas of the country and even on social media is the belief that some people experience genital loss when someone has an evil intention in mind. This happens only to men, the story is that people in crowded places feel that their genitals dissappeared when someone touches them, people attribute this loss to the fact that they want to use the person's private part for rituals, some people even use the word that their genitals were stolen after shaking hands or making physical contact with strangers. There have been videos of the incident happening but no conclusive facts were given.
The belief is that some people who are desperatemake plenty of money, visits and herbalists who in turn request for human parts as a means of sacrifice to appease the gods so that their request can be granted. It is said their hand are laced with juju or incantations that mekes the privates of their victims dissappear. These desperate humans go into town and form familiarity with strangers who are unsuspecting, when they touch them or shake their hands the deed is done. This legend just goes to show that witchcraft practice and rituals instills fear in the minds of people.
Due to false accusations against innocent people, some people have been victims of jungle justice. One time, There was a chaos In a market square where a guy accused someone of stealing his genitals, the crowd had already started gathering and thugs were beating the man before they realized that the guy was drunk and it was a false accusation and all was in place.
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