Ghost Story of Lurking Louis :: Ghost Stories Urban Legends

Lurking LouisUrban legends can be effective conveyors of entertainment and morals. We all ingest heard urban legends during our lives, whether it was in a mansion house room, the dinner table, or around the campfire, but rarely do we take the time to fully appreciate the value of the stories. Urban legends have this rare efficiency to make us question reality. We have this feeling in our minds that says Oh, this cannot possible be real, but then our imagination questions that and reels us in and plants a stay doubt. David Emery, a writer and follower of urban folklore, defines urban legends as told to be true, and plausible enough to be believed. Besides this lingering suspense, urban legends and similar folklore often have underlying morals that are hard to uncover, but when they are, the stories become clear. When collecting stories, the best and most unique one was a local story inbred to a town in New York State. I vividly remember how he told the storyThere was this rundown , old split-level on the edge of the town owned and inhabited by a young couple. This young couple did not have much money so they had to rent aside the basement. The tenant that lived in the basement was a short, old man by the name of Louis. Louis lived there for about a year, but he neer came out of the basement. He NEVER answered the door during rent collection but just slid it through the mail slot. After a year, the couple was considering evicting Louis, mostly because they had a fear of Louis and his shady activities in the basement. Also, the couple was due for a baby in the upcoming year and they felt it was best for Louis to go. Louis did not respond well to the eviction however. So, when the couple was alter out the apartment, for another tenant, a skeleton fell out of the closet and landed on the floor with a loud CRASH The couple ran out and called the police. After the whole thing with the police was sorted out, the couple moved out. More families would move in, bu t on the anniversary of the eviction, the Ghost of Louis would appear and shop at the inhabitants of the house, causing them to move out. The cycle continues today, and no one has seen Louis ever again, but rumor is he died after that eviction.